Ereignisse

Algerien zieht seinen Botschafter aus Frankreich ab, aus Protest gegen die Anerkennung des marokkanischen Sahara-Plans durch Paris

Frankreich erkennt Marokkos Souveränität über die Sahara an

Benin: JNIM AQIM behauptet, einen Angriff auf die Armee im Sektor Karimama „am 24. Juli [] 13 Tote"

Die Fregatte der russischen Marine Admiral Gorshkov kam zu einem Geschäftsbesuch im algerischen Hafen von Oran an

Algerien verurteilt die Entscheidung Frankreichs, den Autonomieplan für die Westsahara anzuerkennen – Erklärung der algerischen Regierung

Senegalese Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, raises the possibility of closing French military bases in the country. He has promised to strengthen closer ties with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger who kicked out French troops

Pentagon: The US State Department approves a possible deal to sell Javelin missiles to Morocco at a cost of $260 million

Live network data show today's telecoms disruption in Africa has intensified; the incident has high impact to West Africa with significant reductions in connectivity evident across the continent; operators report multiple subsea cable failures

The Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup

ECOWAS lifts its economic sanctions against Guinea

Al-Qaeda informs on their attack on the Burkina Faso - Benin border, killing four Beninese soldiers and seizing various loot

Senegal: Banning a protest march scheduled for today against the postponement of the presidential elections

Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been limited in Senegal as president Macky Sall’s government orders the restriction cellular data in capital Dakar to prevent "threats and disturbances to public order" amid protests over the postponement of elections

Senegal police fired teargas at hundreds of opposition supporters in the capital Dakar on Sunday, an AFP journalist witnessed, the first such clashes after President Macky Sall announced the postponement of a presidential election

Senegal TV station suspended for 'inciting violence': ministry

Moody's: The exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the West African Monetary Union will have a negative impact on the Development Bank

Reuters: Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso decide to withdraw immediately from the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS.

Mali ends the Algiers agreement signed in 2015

Blinken: Côte d'Ivoire is an essential partner for us and other countries, and we appreciate its leadership in combating extremism

Gemeinsame Erklärung der Außenminister Albaniens, Andorras, Argentiniens, Australiens, Österreichs, Belgiens, Bulgariens, Kanadas, Kroatiens, Zyperns, der Tschechischen Republik, Dänemarks, Estlands, Finnlands, Frankreichs, Georgiens, Deutschlands, Griechenlands, Guatemalas und Islands, Irland, Israel, Italien, Japan, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldawien, Monaco, Montenegro, Niederlande, Neuseeland, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Palau, Polen, Portugal, Republik Korea, Rumänien, San Marino, Slowenien, Spanien, Schweden, die Ukraine, das Vereinigte Königreich, der Hohe Vertreter der Europäischen Union und der Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika: Wir verurteilen die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea (DVRK) auf das Schärfste. den Export und die Beschaffung ballistischer Raketen der DVRK durch Russland sowie den Einsatz dieser Raketen gegen die Ukraine am 30. Dezember 2023 und 2. Januar 2024. Der Transfer dieser Waffen vergrößert das Leid des ukrainischen Volkes, unterstützt Russlands Angriffskrieg, und untergräbt das globale Nichtverbreitungsgovernment

[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 25 km N of Ifrane, Morocco

Bodies of 16 migrants found on Mauritania coast

At least nine people dead in raid that attempted to free Guinea's former leader from Conakry prison on Saturday, prosecutor says

The President of Côte d'Ivoire dismisses Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara and dissolves the government

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Morocco

3000 Killed in the Morocco earthquake

Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains

Morocco has just accepted the Algerian earthquake aid offer according to Moroccan Justice Minister, per Al Arabiya

The Pentagon has received no request from Morocco's government for the US military to support earthquake recovery efforts, @PentagonPresSec Pat Ryder says. DoD has ~100 personnel in Morocco at the moment for exercise planning, not related to the current situation, per Ryder