Morocco Sunday retained its 3rd place in the overall ranking of the 12th African Games, generally regarded as Africa’s version of the Olympic Games, with 41 medals including 13 gold 11 silver and 17 bronze. At the competitions of the 7th day played Sunday, Morocco earned an extra bronze medal in weightlifting in the […]
More than 650 migrants from a dozen African countries have arrived in northern Niger after being expelled by Algeria, local authorities said Tuesday. Some 669 returnees from Algeria, including two Nigeriens, and 667 West and Central African nationals arrived on foot on September 17 in Assamaka, the Nigerien town closest to the Algerian border, after […]
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly hoping soldiers from the 10-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will help it regain ground from the M23 militia in the lawless east. Troops from the regional bloc SADC, including from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, have been discreetly arriving in DRC since the […]
