Africa

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. The strongest-ever quake recorded in the North African country has killed at least 2,012 people and injured over 2,000, many …

A drone attack Sunday on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 43 people, activists and a medical group said, as the military and a powerful rival paramilitary group battle for control of the country. More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s …

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1000 people and injured hundreds more, the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades, toppling houses in remote mountain villages where rescuers dug through rubble for survivors. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday …

The African Union has been granted permanent membership to the G20, host nation India has announced, in an historic expansion of the economic bloc. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi invited the president of the 55-member African Union (AU) to take a seat at the table among permanent members at the …

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes in the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday …

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Morocco, killing at least 296 people and injuring 153 others. The quake struck at 44 miles (71 kilometers) southwest of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT) Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake’s epicenter was in a remote …

The Transitional President of Gabon, General Brice Olegé Nguema, announced that former President Ali Bongo Ondimba can travel abroad if he wishes. The Transitional President of Gabon confirmed, in a statement broadcast on state television, that President Bongo is free to move. Last Monday, before the Constitutional Court in Gabon, …

Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal is due to rule on Wednesday on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president after two rivals challenged his victory in February’s disputed vote. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections, but none have succeeded. Most political observers expect …

Tensions have escalated in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, with local sources reporting an airstrike in the city’s southern region that claimed the lives of at least 20 civilians including two children. “The death toll from the aerial bombardment in southern Khartoum has risen to 20 civilians,” the neighborhood’s resistance …

Intense fighting between rival military factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli has reportedly killed 55 people. Armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city’s worst violence this year. However, the military commander at the center of clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital has …

Leaders of the BRICS countries are set to meet in South Africa for their annual summit next week to discuss the potential expansion of the group of major emerging economies and turning it into a geopolitical bloc to challenge Western dominance. The 15th summit of BRICS heads of state will …

The United Nations has warned that millions of people across Sudan are running out of food and are on the brink of famine as the situation in the war-torn Northeast African country is spiraling out of control. The international body said on Tuesday that the ongoing armed conflict has impeded …

Intense fighting between rival military factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli has reportedly killed 27 people. Armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city’s worst violence this year. However, the military commander at the center of clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital has …

The United Nations and West Africa’s main regional bloc have strongly condemned a threat by Niger’s coup leaders to prosecute the country’s ousted president for “high treason.” On Sunday night, the coup leaders, who deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, accused him of “undermining the internal and external security …

Niger’s coup leaders say they will try President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason.” According to Press TV, a spokesman for the military accused Bazoum of “undermining the internal and external security of Niger” in a statement late Sunday. The junta spokesman, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, said the gathered “necessary evidence” could …

A parliamentary committee from a major West African bloc is set to visit Niger and meet with the country’s coup leaders as part of ongoing efforts to reinstate civilian authorities. The committee was set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s parliament on Saturday, said a spokesperson. …

Thousands of people have surrounded a French military base in Niger, protesting against years of military intervention by the European country in the West African nation. Protesters rallied near the army base on the outskirts of the capital Niamey on Friday, shouting, “Down with France, down with ECOWAS,” a reference to the Economic …

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his concern about the continued detention of the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, who was overthrown in a military coup in late July, and the failure of the ongoing efforts to restore constitutional order in the country. Leonardo Santos Simao, Special …

Niger’s ousted prime minister says the country’s military rulers, who overthrew civilian authorities in a recent coup, seek dialogue with a West African bloc that has threatened military intervention to restore the ousted president to power. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou told French broadcaster TV5 Monde on Monday that “the junta have asked the …

Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace after a bloc of West African countries threatened to militarily intervene if the Nigerien president is not reinstated. Niger’s military has been holding the country’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, since last month in the seventh coup to hit Africa’s Sahel region in …