Africa

Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup

President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president. Niger’s junta said in response that the announcement signals a “new step towards the sovereignty” of the country. “Imperialist and neo-colonialist ...

20:10 Et September 25, 2023

Burkina Faso troops join raid on militants in Niger

The armies of Burkina Faso and Niger have killed an unknown number of militants in joint operations, local media has reported. The attack comes a week after Burkina ...

16:08 Et September 25, 2023

Foreign aid continues arriving in flood-hit Libya

Libya's National Unity Government announced on Sunday that more than 70 planes and eight ships carrying relief supplies have arrived since a storm and devastating floods washed through ...

10:55 Et September 24, 2023

Libya to hold aid conference next month to rebuild flood-stricken Derna

East Libya-based government plans to hold an international conference for rebuilding the city of Derna following this month's deathly floods. "We invite the international community to participate in ...

12:33 Et September 23, 2023

Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya but he lost some 90 people from his extended family. The 23-year-old law graduate rushed upstairs along with his mother ...

21:33 Et September 20, 2023

EU temporarily holds back food aid in Somalia after UN finds widespread theft

The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation ...

11:27 Et September 19, 2023

Death toll from floods in Libya's Derna jumps to 11,300: UN

At least 11,300 people have been killed and over 10,000 others still missing by deadly floods in Libya's eastern city of Derna, the United Nations said. In a ...

15:45 Et September 17, 2023

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni vows to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deal with a migrant influx

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed Friday to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants, including calling anew for a naval blockade of North Africa, after a week ...

15:00 Et September 16, 2023

Search teams look for 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city after death toll passes 11,000

Libyan authorities limited access to an inundated city Friday to allow searchers to dig through mud and hollowed-out buildings for 10,000 people missing and feared dead in flooding that has already killed more than 11,000. Authorities warned that disease and explosives shifted by the waters could claim yet more lives. In the most affected areas, efforts to ...

20:06 Et September 15, 2023

Death toll from devastating floods in Libya tops 6,000

The death toll from devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel in Libya has risen to 6,000, a unity government official said on Wednesday. Speaking to Anadolu, Saadeddin Abdul ...

11:30 Et September 13, 2023
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