as international communities offer condolences The earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night, has so far claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people. The toll is expected to rise as rescuers struggle to reach hard-hit remote areas. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, expressed sorrow at the loss of life from the earthquake, according to his […]
The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has risen to 820, said the country’s Interior Ministry on Saturday. The earthquake also injured at least 672, according to the latest update from the ministry. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco Friday at 11.11 p.m. local time (2211 GMT) at a depth […]
At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers died during a dual terrorist attack in northern Mali, on Thursday, the Malian government said in a statement. Claimed by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the two attacks targeted passengers of the boat “Tombouctou” and a military camp of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) in […]
The global trade finance gap grew to a record $2.5 trillion last year from $1.7 trillion in 2021, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) survey released, on Tuesday, in Manila, Philippines. This is because continued constraints reduced the capacity of banks to deliver trade financing. The trade finance gap is the difference between requests […]
Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces, on Monday, killed 43 al-Shabab militants and injured several others after conducting an operation in Galgaduud region, central Somalia. The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism announced the killing in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The ministry said, that the SNA forces also destroyed […]
The African Union (AU) Commission has suspended Gabon from the bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The pan-African bloc announced the suspension in a statement issued late Thursday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It took the decision to suspend Gabon during its latest meeting on situation in […]
Young activists from Somalia have called for effective action to combat the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups across the country. The activists made the call as they wrapped up a three-day training session, on Thursday, in Mogadishu. TheNewsZenith reports that the UN-backed training focused on the nexus between human rights and climate […]
Qatari Authorities have released three Iranians imprisoned in Qatar and they will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran’s Ambassador to Qatar Hamidreza Dehghani said. Dehghani announced this in a post on social media platform X (Twitter), on Wednesday. The Ambassador added that Qatar released the three as a follow-up to the […]
No fewer than 63 people died and 43 others sustained injuries, on Thursday when a building in a South African city centre caught fire, an official said. Robert Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, said they received information that the five-storey building was on fire at around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday […]
Soldiers in Gabon have taken power and put President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, canceled presidential election results and dissolved state institutions. In a televised statement, a group of senior Gabonese officers said they seized power after Bongo, the incumbent president, was announced to be re-elected in a contested election. Gabon has thus become […]