Fire outbreak at a police complex in Egypt has injured at least 38 people, according to emergency services and local media. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze at the facility in Ismailia, and local hospitals have been placed on alert. Egypt’s health ministry has sent 50 ambulances and two military aircraft to the building. At…
Border City in Texas pleads for help amid a dramatic increase in asylum seekers crossing into the US from Mexico. Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, pushing the city of El Paso in the state of Texas “to a breaking point” and leaving President Joe Biden’s…
Exiled former Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, who became a rebel leader, has been sentenced in absentia to forced labor for life for conspiracy and rebellion, authorities said Friday. The ex-president, who seized power in the CAR in 2003 but was toppled a decade later, was sentenced on Thursday, according to a judgment sent…
Gabon has been partially suspended from the Commonwealth after military commanders carried out a coup to ouster President Ali Bongo. The decision was made by Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting on the margins of the United Nations general assembly. Leaders called on Gabon to uphold the values and principles of the Commonwealth. However, they asked the…
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said he will run for a fourth term in next year’s presidential election. Mr. Kagame has been president of the East African nation since 2000. A controversial referendum in 2015 removed a two-term constitutional limit for presidents. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Mr. Kagame told French-language magazine Jeune Afrique…
On Wednesday, New Zealand was rocked by a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, causing widespread concern and rattling the region. The seismic event struck with great force, sending shockwaves through the affected areas and leaving residents visibly shaken. The quake, which occurred at around 0914 local time (2114 GMT), was accompanied by…
An air raid on Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region killed at least 40 civilians Wednesday, according to a medical source, as the head of the UN mission to the country resigned. Volker Perthes, who has been “persona non grata” by Sudanese authorities since June, warned the United Nations Security Council again in his final briefing before…
820 people have died in a devastating earthquake that struck near Morocco’s tourist hotspot of Marrakesh, authorities said Saturday, updating an earlier toll of more than 600. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck a mountainous area 72 kilometers (45 miles) southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh at 11:11 p.m. (2211 GMT) Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. Strong…
Gabon’s military leader, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, says former president Ali Bongo, who was toppled in an August 30 coup, has been freed from house arrest. The junta also announced the creation of a transitional constitutional council. Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi, spokesperson of Gabon’s Committee for the Transformation and Restoration of Institutions, declared on Gabon…
Africa is acutely vulnerable to the growing impacts of climate change, yet Kenyan President William Ruto has fought for a narrative shift at the Nairobi conference, focusing on accelerating the region’s clean energy transition. The landmark African climate summit was due to wrap up on Wednesday after attracting $23 billion in funding pledges as leaders…
