World / Africa

Macron says Niger will host French, European troops after Mali pullout 17 Feb 2022 - 11:41 am

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Niger had agreed to host European forces fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel after France and...

Paris hosts summit on Mali, considers troops withdrawal 16 Feb 2022 - 02:02 pm

PARIS: France is hosting a summit on Wednesday devoted to the fight against Islamic extremists in West Africa as Paris considers withdrawing its...

Zimbabwe re-opens all land borders as Covid cases decline 15 Feb 2022 - 10:17 pm

Ray NdlovuZimbabwe ordered the re-opening of all ports of entry with immediate effect as coronavirus cases in the country continue to decline, Information...

Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar rises to 120 - state agency 11 Feb 2022 - 06:23 pm

ANTANANARIVO: The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar jumped to 120 on Friday from 92 reported earlier this week, the state disaster...

Tunisian President issues decree to dissolve Supreme Judiciary Council 10 Feb 2022 - 06:16 pm

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Thursday that he has issued a decree effectively dissolving the Supreme Judiciary Council, one of the...

Omicron BA.2 sub-variant close to 100% dominant in S. Africa 10 Feb 2022 - 09:52 am

The omicron BA.2 sub-variant makes up almost 100% of new coronavirus infections in South Africa, Tulio de Oliveira, a bio-informatics professor who runs...

Madagascar cyclone kills 21, leaves homes and lives in ruins 08 Feb 2022 - 12:12 am

MANANJARY, Madagascar- Residents of a coastal town in Madagascar that was battered by Cyclone Batsirai over the weekend were left picking through the...

Senegal welcomes home Nations Cup heroes after historic victory 07 Feb 2022 - 08:57 pm

DAKAR - Some swung from a billboard frame. Others danced on the tarmac. As Senegal's national soccer team touched down in the capital...

Mali asks West African monetary union to lift "inhumane" sanctions 07 Feb 2022 - 02:48 pm

BAMAKO: Mali's government has asked the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift sanctions that will have severe consequences for the...

Cyclone kills at least 10 in Madagascar, destroying homes and cutting power 07 Feb 2022 - 12:05 am

ANTANANARIVO- A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks,...

Moroccan boy's death sparks an outpouring of sympathy 06 Feb 2022 - 09:42 pm

RABAT - The death of 5-year-old Rayan Awram despite a massive effort to rescue him from a deep well sparked an outpouring of...

Moroccans in mourning after trapped boy's death 06 Feb 2022 - 05:56 pm

IGHRAN, Morocco: An eerie silence fell on a Moroccan village on Sunday after the death of a 5-year-old boy who had been trapped...

At least three dead after cyclone Batsirai causes devastation in southeast Madagascar 06 Feb 2022 - 03:43 pm

ANTANANARIVO: Three people were reported dead in southeastern Madagascar on Sunday after cyclone Batsirai made landfall, leaving a trail of devastation including collapsed...

Two earthquakes hit Driouch Province, Northern Morocco 06 Feb 2022 - 02:44 pm

Rabat: Two earthquakes measuring 4.0 and 3.8 on the Richter scale hit on Sunday Driouch Province, northern Morocco. The National Geophysical Research in...

Rescuers extract body of Moroccan boy trapped in well for 5 days 06 Feb 2022 - 12:10 am

Doha: Workers retrieved the body of young boy on Saturday who was trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco. The...

Moroccan rescuers delicately digging toward child trapped in well 05 Feb 2022 - 01:48 pm

RABAT: Rescuers were delicately removing rocks on Saturday as they dug towards a young boy who has been trapped for five days in...

Rescuers inch closer to Moroccan boy, 5, trapped in well 05 Feb 2022 - 12:17 pm

Ighran, Morocco: Attempts to rescue a 5-year-old boy trapped in a Moroccan well stretched into a fourth day Saturday, with unstable soil threatening...