Long, cold months have passed since an earthquake levelled Abdallah Oubelaid’s impoverished village in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains.Every day, he or other villagers come to inspect the debris. They hope to find pieces of wood for heating and cooking, or even to recover objects of value that have so far escaped them, and all the …
Long winter for Morocco quake survivorsSat, 17 Feb 2024 12:59:08 GMT Read More »
A bomb struck the airport in the restive eastern DR Congo city of Goma early Saturday as fighting flared between rebels and government forces, security and government sources told AFP.Clashes have intensified in recent days around the strategic town of Sake, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, between the M23 rebel group — which …
African leaders opened a two-day summit on Saturday as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions.Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world.Sudan was in …
AU leaders meet facing coups, conflicts, crisesSat, 17 Feb 2024 09:45:06 GMT Read More »
African leaders open a two-day summit on Saturday as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions.Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world.Sudan was in …
Coups, conflicts and crises confront African summitSat, 17 Feb 2024 03:27:48 GMT Read More »
Senegalese President Macky Sall, who faces mounting pressure at home and abroad, vowed Friday to organise presidential elections “as soon as possible” after the top constitutional body overruled his decision to delay this month’s vote.Sall’s last-minute move to postpone the February 25 poll until December triggered Senegal’s worst crisis in decades.The decision sparked a widespread …
The UN’s top court Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures”.Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, alleging that …
South Africa’s main opposition leader on Friday denounced the idea of a coalition with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the party poised to lose its outright majority this year in an historic election battle.In an interview, John Steenhuisen, the leader of the liberal Democratic Alliance (DA), told AFP that his party would “evict” the …
S.African opposition leader vows to evict ruling ANCFri, 16 Feb 2024 17:40:52 GMT Read More »
Sudanese aid worker Shakir Elhassan and his family were among millions forced to flee their homes and former lives after war broke out last year in Sudan.Some 10 months later, he is one of many voices in the sector warning of a devastating humanitarian crisis that could soon spiral into famine. “The needs are unprecedented,” the …
Africa saw the pace of economic growth sag last year as inflation continued to rise but is set to rebound this year, the African Development Bank said Friday.In its latest report on the state of the continent’s economy, the ADB said that Africa had yet to benefit from falling inflation seen in other parts of …
‘Resilient’ Africa set for growth rebound: ADBFri, 16 Feb 2024 13:41:25 GMT Read More »
A haven of stability in a volatile region, Senegal is in the grips of its worst crisis in decades after its leader Macky Sall provoked accusations of a “constitutional coup” when he postponed presidential elections, a move that has now been overturned by the Constitutional Council.Here are five key facts about the Muslim-majority nation in …
Senegal: five things to knowFri, 16 Feb 2024 13:15:05 GMT Read More »
