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  Djibouti (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday stressed the importance of France's military base in Djibouti as his country loses strategic footholds in Africa. Macron paid a brief visit to the Horn of Africa state for talks with its President Ismail Omar Guelleh and to see French troops ahead of the end-of-year holidays. A number of African countries have recently ended military accords with France and ordered out its troops. Macron said during talks with Guelleh that the French presence in Djibout ... read more |
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US authorizes military sales of more than $5 billion to EgyptWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 The United States government on Friday authorized the sale of more than $5 billion in military equipment to Egypt, which has become an increasingly close partner in mediating the Gaza crisis despite serious human rights concerns. ... more  
UAE says will not arm Sudan paramilitary RSF: White HouseWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 The United Arab Emirates has informed the United States that it will not arm paramilitaries in Sudan's brutal civil war, US lawmakers long critical of the Gulf power's role quoted the White House as saying on Thursday. ... more  
Tunisia women herb harvesters struggle with drought and heatAin Draham, Tunisia (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 On a hillside in Tunisia's northwestern highlands, women scour a sun-scorched field for the wild herbs they rely on for their livelihoods, but droughts and rising temperatures are making it ever harder to find the precious plants. ... more  
Death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 76 in MozambiqueMaputo (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Cyclone Chido, which ravaged the French archipelago of Mayotte, has claimed 76 lives in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Saturday. ... more |
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Mali junta renames colonial French street namesBamako (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Mali followed fellow junta-ruled Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names. ... more |
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DR Congo sues Apple over alleged illegal mineral exploitationParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 DR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using "blood minerals" in its supply chain. ... more 
Macron sees new role for French military base in DjiboutiDjibouti (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced to pull troops out of several other African countries. ... more  
NASA honours Algerian parks with Martian namesakesAlgiers (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 NASA's mapping of Mars now bears the names of three iconic Algerian national parks, Algerian physicist Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the US space agency's largest Mars probe mission, has told AFP. ... more 
Cyclone Chido death toll in Mozambique rises to 73Maputo (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Cyclone Chido has killed at least 73 people in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Thursday, raising the death toll from the figure of 45 it announced the day before. ... more |
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Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45 Maputo (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Somalia struggles to rid itself of plastic despite banMogadishu (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. ... more
Cyclone Chido toll at 34 dead in Mozambique; as France enacts nighttime curfew on MayotteMaputo (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Cyclone Chido claimed at least 34 lives after sweeping across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Tuesday. ... more 
Mali army says captured Islamic State group figureDakar (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 Mali's army on Monday claimed it had captured a "top leader" in the Sahel branch of the Islamic State group and killed several fighters in an operation a day earlier in the east of the country. ... more 
BBC vows to keep up reporting after Niger suspends radioLondon (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 The BBC said on Friday it would continue to report on the Sahel region after the military junta in Niger suspended BBC radio for three months. ... more |
 
Ugandan landslide fears force relocation of 5,000 householdsKampala (AFP) Dec 15, 2024 Uganda will relocate more than 5,000 households in landslide-hit east Uganda as a massive fissure threatens to trigger another deadly disaster, the government said on Sunday. ... more  
US flags concern on Russia, overcapacity in China talksWashington (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 US officials recently raised concern over Chinese firms' support for Russia, the Treasury Department said Monday, as they met Chinese counterparts in final efforts to shore up communications before Donald Trump returns to power. ... more 
Fate of Russian military bases in Syria undecided as Israeli strikes destroys Syrian ammo dumpMoscow (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 The fate of Russian military bases in Syria following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad was still unclear on Monday, the Kremlin admitted. ... more 
China FM says 'deeply concerned' about Syria in talks with Egypt counterpartBeijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 China's foreign minister Wang Yi told his Egyptian counterpart on Friday that Beijing is "deeply concerned" about the situation in Syria, as the two top diplomats met in the Chinese capital. ... more |
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Airbus completes delivery of Space42 Thuraya 4 satellite for December launchParis, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 Space42's latest telecommunications satellite, Thuraya 4, designed and built by Airbus, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is set to launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 ro ... more  
Blinken presses Iraq on Iran-backed groups, seeing Syria windowAqaba, Jordan (AFP) Dec 14, 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militias, seeing an opening after the downfall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad put Tehran on the back foot, a US official said. ... more 
Four Zimbabwe rhinos die after drinking polluted waterHarare (AFP) Dec 14, 2024 Four white rhinos have died in Zimbabwe after drinking from a sewage-polluted lake that is also the main supplier of water to the nearby capital, the wildlife authority said Saturday. ... more
Niger junta suspends BBC for three monthsAbidjan (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Niger on Thursday announced it was suspending BBC radio for three months, with the British broadcaster joining the growing list of Western media sanctioned by military juntas in the Sahel. ... more |
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HRW condemns 'atrocities' against Mali civilians since UN withdrawalDakar (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned "atrocities" committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner, and Islamist armed groups since UN peacekeepers withdrew a year ago. ... more |
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NGOs accuse Uganda oil project of 'serious human rights violations'Nairobi (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 International human rights groups alleged "serious human rights violations" around an oil mega-project being developed in Uganda and Tanzania by the French company TotalEnergies and Chinese firm CNOOC, in a wide-ranging report released Thursday. ... more  
Wildfire in Malibu destroys homes, sends thousands fleeingMalibu, United States (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 A ferocious fire tore through Malibu on Tuesday, destroying at least seven homes in one of California's most desirable areas, and forcing thousands to evacuate. ... more 
Amnesty accuses DR Congo army of 'possible crimes against humanity'Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 Amnesty International in a statement Wednesday accused senior Congolese army officers of "possible crimes against humanity" in a massacre in the northeastern city of Goma that killed 56 people last year. ... more 
10 Niger soldiers killed in 'terrorist attack' near Burkina Faso: armyNiamey, Niger (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 Ten soldiers were killed and another seven wounded in a "terrorist attack" in western Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, the army said in its operational bulletin on Wednesday. ... more |
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