Pentagon: The US State Department approves a possible deal to sell Javelin missiles to Morocco at a cost of $260 million
8 mês atrás 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
8 mês atrás 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
9 mês atrás 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
Declaração conjunta dos Ministros dos Negócios Estrangeiros da Albânia, Andorra, Argentina, Austrália, Áustria, Bélgica, Bulgária, Canadá, Croácia, Chipre, República Checa, Dinamarca, Estónia, Finlândia, França, Geórgia, Alemanha, Grécia, Guatemala, Islândia, Irlanda, Israel, Itália, Japão, Letónia, Liechtenstein, Lituânia, Luxemburgo, Malta, Moldávia, Mónaco, Montenegro, Países Baixos, Nova Zelândia, Macedónia do Norte, Noruega, Palau, Polónia, Portugal, República da Coreia, Roménia, San Marino, Eslovénia, Espanha, Suécia, Ucrânia, Reino Unido, o Alto Representante da União Europeia e o Secretário de Estado dos Estados Unidos da América: Condenamos nos termos mais fortes possíveis a República Popular Democrática da Coreia (RPDC) exportação e aquisição de mísseis balísticos da RPDC pela Rússia, bem como o uso desses mísseis pela Rússia contra a Ucrânia em 30 de dezembro de 2023 e 2 de janeiro de 2024. A transferência dessas armas aumenta o sofrimento do povo ucraniano, apoia a guerra de agressão da Rússia, e mina o government global de não proliferação
10 mês atrás [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
1 year atrás At least 2,681 people died in the strongest-ever earthquake to hit Morocco, the interior ministry said on Monday, revising an earlier toll of nearly 2,500 dead
UNICEF: The number of victims is likely to rise in terms of deaths and injuries
1 year atrás Morocco's earthquake death toll surpasses 2,400 people as rescue efforts intensify. Moroccan government declares three days of national mourning.
Morocco earthquake leaves at least 2,000 dead, damages historic landmarks and topples buildings
Moroccans on Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped under the rubble of flattened villages
820 dead, 672 injured after earthquake in Morocco - State TV