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Congolese army clashed with M23 rebels around a strategic highway in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday (27 October), following a recent flare-up between the two sides. The M23, a mostly Congolese Tutsi group, resumed fighting in late 2021 after lying dormant for years. It has since captured swathes of territory in North Kivu […]
The Ugandan government is under pressure to bring an escalating Ebola outbreak under control, with health experts saying its response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng announced last Wednesday that six schoolchildren in Kampala have tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of […]
Several Members of the European Parliament from the European People’s Party have expressed concern over the joint military maneuvers conducted by Russia and Algeria in the Mediterranean. The MEPs deem this collaboration “extremely worrying not only for peace and security, but also for the interests of the West and the European Union.” The European People’s […]
The Algerian regime and its protégé, the Polisario front, were dealt a blow this Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York, when the Security Council adopted a new resolution on the Sahara which shattered the expectations of the opponents of Morocco’s territorial integrity. In its resolution 2654 on the Sahara issue, adopted by 13 […]
The Biden Administration reaffirmed, on Thursday, at the UN Security Council, strong backing to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara, describing the plan as a “serious, credible and realistic” solution to the Sahara regional dispute. “We continue to view Morocco’s autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic solution” said U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis following […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had agreed a $3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) over 46 months with Egypt, Reuters reports. The deal is part of a four-year international financing program worth a total of $9 billion which also includes $1 billion from the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) and […]
Nigerien authorities have shut down the gold mining site of Tamou in the department of Say in reaction to a string of attacks that targeted the site, anadolu news agency reports. Barmini Kaboyé, the Prefet of the department in a decree issued Thursday the site is shut down until further notice. The decree also indicated […]
A terrorist attacking involving an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a security patrol in the city of Sousse, has been foiled, Tunisia’s Interior ministry said in a statement Thursday. Police officers of services of the National Research Unit in Terrorist Crimes foiled attack attempt with IED, the statement said. An arrested a suspect admitted to […]
Gabon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have removed visa requirements between the two countries for officials. Michaël Moussa-Adamo signed the deal Wednesday with his UAE counterpart, on the sidelines of the visit of the Gabonese leader Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Gulf country. Per deal, officials of both countries will not need a visa […]
Iran is infiltrating North Africa and Sahel through using malign actors such as the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist to sow instability in the region, Morocco’s representative to the UN Omar Hilal said. The comment came in response to a question on Morocco’s reaction to news claiming that Polisario has acquired Iranian drones. “After destabilizing Yemen, Iran […]