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Bevestigd: statistieken tonen een landelijke verstoring van de internetdienst in Senegal, met een connectiviteit van 8% van het normale niveau; het incident wordt toegeschreven aan wijdverbreide stroomuitval, waarbij Senelec distributiestoringen meldde na een incident bij het Hann-onderstation

16 killed, 22 injured in bus-truck collision in Senegal

United States Announces Nearly $536 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa

The Ministry of Defense arrested 77 drug dealers and thwarted attempts to bring approximately 11 quintals of processed cannabis across the border with Morocco. It seized 3.88 kilograms of cocaine and 1,571,623 hallucinogenic tablets in a weekly tally. The Ministry of Defense arrested 77 drug dealers and thwarted attempts to smuggle nearly 11 quintals of processed cannabis. Across the border with Morocconn 3.88 kg of cocaine and 1,571,623 hallucinogenic tablets seized in weekly tally

Taylor Swift concert terror plot foiled in Austria: - Police have arrested a 19-year-old Austrian citizen with North Macedonian roots, and a 18-year-old; The 19-year-old had pledged allegiance to ISIS- Chemicals were seized during the house search; The tip-off came from a foreign security agency; All three concerts in Vienna have been canceled

Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France in protest against Paris's recognition of Morocco's plan regarding the Sahara

France recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over the "Sahara" as the sole basis for reaching a political solution to the issue

Benin: JNIM AQIM claims an attack against the army in the Karimama sector "on July 24 [] 13 dead"

The frigate of the Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov arrived on a business call to the Algerian port of Oran

Algeria denounces France decision to recognize the autonomy plan for the Western Sahara - statement from Algerian government

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

Gezamenlijke verklaring van de ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van Albanië, Andorra, Argentinië, Australië, Oostenrijk, België, Bulgarije, Canada, Kroatië, Cyprus, Tsjechië, Denemarken, Estland, Finland, Frankrijk, Georgië, Duitsland, Griekenland, Guatemala, IJsland, Ierland, Israël, Italië, Japan, Letland, Liechtenstein, Litouwen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldavië, Monaco, Montenegro, Nederland, Nieuw-Zeeland, Noord-Macedonië, Noorwegen, Palau, Polen, Portugal, de Republiek Korea, Roemenië, San Marino, Slovenië, Spanje, Zweden, Oekraïne, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, de Hoge Vertegenwoordiger van de Europese Unie en de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika: Wij veroordelen in de sterkst mogelijke bewoordingen de Democratische Volksrepubliek Korea (DVK) export en Russische aanschaf van ballistische raketten uit de DVK, evenals het Russische gebruik van deze raketten tegen Oekraïne op 30 december 2023 en 2 januari 2024. De overdracht van deze wapens vergroot het lijden van het Oekraïense volk, ondersteunt de Russische agressieoorlog, en ondermijnt het mondiale non-proliferatiegovernment

[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