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More than two dozen police officers were injured in a riot during a cultural festival in Germany on Saturday (16 September) that broke out between supporters and opponents of Eritrean government, with experts saying that protests by the Eritrean diaspora highlight the repression at home and dividing lines abroad. More than 200 Eritrean opposition supporters […]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths,commended on Friday Morocco’s “distinguished” history of building up and investing in its own response capacities, highlighting, in this regard, the country’s action in the aftermath of the Al Haouz earthquake. Morocco has mobilized “tremendous” resources to respond to the earthquake, pulling survivors from the […]
King Mohammed VI, part of his strong, personal response to the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 08, has made a financial contribution of MAD 1 billion ($100 million) to the special relief fund for the tremor victims, through Al Mada holding, in which the Sovereign is the main shareholder. At the recommendation of its […]
Tuareg rebels have reportedly seized control of a military camp and posts in northern Mali from army and Wagner mercenaries, threatening to unravel a 2015 peace deal, sparking a polarizing debate in the capital city Bamako over whether the government should consider restarting or increasing dialogue with armed groups. There has been a resurgence of […]
Morocco expresses its full solidarity with sisterly Libya following the storm and floods that have affected certain regions of the country, causing several human casualties and property losses, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement released on Monday evening. Morocco also extends its heartfelt condolences and sincere sympathy to Libya, its brotherly people, […]
Several Arab, African, and world leaders have sent to King Mohammed VI messages of condolences and solidarity following the deadly earthquake that hit the Kingdom on Friday, killing over 2,680 people and injuring over 2,500, according to latest updated death toll. In a message addressed to the Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
Africa’s continuing poor investments in agricultural production, including use of modern technology, are hurting the continent’s ambitions to feed itself, combined with a rising population that does held the situation, African top brains in food security recently gathering in Dar es Salaam were told. Leaders and experts attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Tanzania’s […]
More than 560 members of a rebel group linked to the Islamic State (IS) have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since December 2021 in operations conducted by Uganda’s military, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said, as local authorities in DRC have reported scores of dead and injured following an attack on […]
Niger’s junta has accused France of deploying troops in several West African countries in preparation for a military intervention in Niger, as experts warn the series of coups in the region are putting the unity and capability of the regional grouping ECOWAS to the test. The junta repeated its call on Sunday (10 September) for […]
A Senegalese patrol boat stopped the journey of 118 irregular migrants off the country’s coast earlier this week, as European countries are stepping up efforts to intercept migrants long before they get near their own shorelines, and Senegal, which restricts migration by boat, is part of the effort. The detention of the 118 would-be migrants […]