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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

Спільна заява міністрів закордонних справ Албанії, Андорри, Аргентини, Австралії, Австрії, Бельгії, Болгарії, Канади, Хорватії, Кіпру, Чехії, Данії, Естонії, Фінляндії, Франції, Грузії, Німеччини, Греції, Гватемали, Ісландії, Ірландія, Ізраїль, Італія, Японія, Латвія, Ліхтенштейн, Литва, Люксембург, Мальта, Молдова, Монако, Чорногорія, Нідерланди, Нова Зеландія, Північна Македонія, Норвегія, Палау, Польща, Португалія, Республіка Корея, Румунія, Сан Маріно, Словенія, Іспанія, Швеція, Україна, Сполучене Королівство, Високий представник Європейського Союзу та Державний секретар Сполучених Штатів Америки: Ми рішуче засуджуємо дії Корейської Народно-Демократичної Республіки (КНДР) експорт і закупівля Росією балістичних ракет КНДР, а також використання Росією цих ракет проти України 30 грудня 2023 року та 2 січня 2024 року. Передача цієї зброї збільшує страждання українського народу, підтримує загарбницьку війну Росії, і підриває глобальний режим нерозповсюдження

[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

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

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