Africa

At least 15 migrants died this week off Tunisia’s coast and at a desert border amid tensions

At least 15 migrants have been found dead off Tunisia’s coast and on its border with Algeria this week, authorities said Friday as sub-Saharan Africans face increasing tensions in Tunisia and more and more people seek to leave or transit through the country en route to Europe. The Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of 13 ...

20:30 Et July 14, 2023

Sudan’s neighbors meet in Cairo for summit as Egypt unveils new initiative to end raging conflict

Leaders from Sudan’s six neighboring countries met in Cairo on Thursday for the most high-profile peace talks since conflict erupted across the northeastern African country in mid-April. The ...

19:50 Et July 13, 2023

Under pressure, Tunisia takes back hundreds of migrants trapped in a border zone with Libya

Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are being transferred back to Tunisia after being pushed into a dangerous no-man’s-land on the Libyan border and trapped for a week ...

14:57 Et July 11, 2023

German radio station points out links between terrorist groups, Polisario camps in Algeria

German radio station BR24 devoted a detailed article to the presence of terrorist groups in Africa, as well as their Internet propaganda and recruitment methods in areas of ...

11:59 Et July 9, 2023

South Africa floods kill seven

At least seven people are reported to have died from floods in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province, with the death toll expected to rise. Many areas in the south-eastern ...

14:45 Et June 30, 2023

Sudan violence likely to push over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, UN says

The United Nations said Tuesday the surging violence in Sudan is likely to drive more than 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, as the ...

14:45 Et June 28, 2023

Zambian President Hichilema's $6bn debt deal hailed as 'historic'

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the outlines of a deal aimed at lifting his country out of its debt crisis have ...

14:45 Et June 25, 2023

Uganda school attack: 40 killed by militants linked to Islamic State group

Around 40 people, mostly students, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group. A further eight people remain in ...

19:00 Et June 17, 2023

Arab Parliament Speaker urges further Arab engagement to solve Sudan crisis

Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al-Asoomi urged further engagement Saturday for Arab countries to solve the crisis in Sudan. "The Sudanese crisis must not be left for regional and international interventions," Al-Asoomi said at the opening session of the Arab Parliament in Cairo. "Arabs are to unite for finding a Sudanese-Arab solution that could spare bloodshed, ...

11:00 Et June 11, 2023

Bourita expresses Morocco's total solidarity with Burkina Faso in its efforts to combat extremism and terrorism

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, expressed on Friday in Dakhla Morocco's total solidarity with Burkina Faso in its efforts to fight extremism ...

11:12 Et June 10, 2023
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