North Africa

Greece and Libya have agreed to hold talks on marking their marine zones in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday after a meeting with Libyan President Mohammad Younes Menfi. In a statement after the meeting, Mitsotakis said the two leaders "agreed to resume immediate talks between Greece and Libya on the demarcation of marine zones." Libya's new unity government took office on March 16, succeeding two warring authorities that had ruled eastern and…

The United Nations Population Fund publishes "State of the World Population 2021" on Wednesday 14 April. With the title this year My body belongs to me, and the report is devoted for the first time to the power and freedom that women have at their disposal over their bodies, without coercion or violence, in different parts of the world, and especially in Africa.…

Tribal violence in Sudan's western Darfur region has displaced more than 1,800 people who have fled across the border into the nearby Central African nation of Chad in the past week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. The majority of refugees are women, children and senior citizens who have fled villages near the border since the violence broke out on April 3, said Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Some refugees have been…

Sudan's prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to discuss a resolution on issues surrounding Ethiopia's plans to build a dam on a tributary of the Nile, his office said on Wednesday. Last week, talks with the three countries hosting the President of the African Union, Congo, failed to reach a binding agreement on the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the filling of its large reservoir. Ever since construction began in 2011, Egypt has viewed the dam…

Cameroon's women's soccer team failed to qualify for the Olympics in Tokyo. Cameroon made it 0-0 against the Chileans in the qualifiers in the return match, on April 13, 2021 in Antalya (Turkey), three days after a 2-1 defeat. Chile will participate in the Olympics. There will only be one African team at the next women's Olympic football tournament: Zambia. More than a year after the failure of these Zambians, the Cameroonians also stumbled against the Chileans on April 13, 2021. They made it 0-0 in the return…

The latest bulletin from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published on Tuesday counts 4.5 million people who cannot feed themselves without help, 1.7 million Tigrayans have left their homes since the beginning of the war and 62,000 who fled his country to Sudan. The photograph of the humanitarian…

In Chad, a new rebel coalition, the National Council for Change, has announced that it has launched a march against Faya-Largeau in Tibesti, although no other source confirms at the moment. On the other hand, the government seems concerned about the offensive launched by the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad (Facts), in the Wour and Zouar branches in Tibesti. The two sides are also involved in a…

Togo coach Claude Le Roy announced on Canal + on Monday evening, April 12, that he is leaving office. The Sparrowhawks failed to qualify for the next Africa Cup of Nations 2022 in Cameroon. "When it comes to the national team, it's over for me." Claude Le Roy announced the end of his partnership with Togo. The Sparrowhawks…

The Chadian army carried out airstrikes on Monday morning targeting a column of rebels in the northern Tibesti massif city of Zouarké, 1,000 km from Ndjamena. A military source confirmed these strikes against RFI, indicating that "the enemy has been treated". According to a witness, two MiG-21s hit the city of Zouarké on Monday…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogana received the Prime Minister of the new Libyan government Abdel Hamid Dbeibah on Monday. An extensive visit: 14 ministers and several senior officials accompanied the head of the Libyan government. The program strengthened economic cooperation, especially in hydrocarbons. During a joint…