UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking following a spate of coups in Africa, says they are not the solution and only make crises worse.
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Tunisian police have arrested four Tunisians, including a fisherman, on suspicion of maritime piracy for taking engines and money from a boat carrying Tunisian migrants who were trying to reach Italy, AFP learnt on Thursday from a judicial source.
Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, says Sudanese refugee camps in Chad are running low on everything from food and water to medical care.
Two French-Moroccan holidaymakers were killed by Algerian coastguards after getting lost on jet skis in an Algerian maritime zone on the border with Morocco, Moroccan media reported on Thursday, citing a witness to the tragedy.
According to the document, authenticated by military and intelligence sources, the toll from Wednesday's operation in this violence-ridden region was "48 dead" and "75 wounded" on the demonstrators' side, as well as one policeman killed.
Nigeria's president, Bola Tinubu, who also heads the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), spoke on Thursday of a nine-month transition for the military in power in Niger since the end of July, similar to what happened in Nigeria at the e...
"It is an expression of the popular dissatisfaction," said Hermann Ngoulou in the Gabonese capital of Libreville. "The country has been experiencing a deep crisis on all levels due to bad governance, the rising cost of food (and) the high cost of living."
"Let us call on international organizations, donors, sub-regional institutions, governments, non-governmental organizations, local communities, indigenous peoples and all stakeholders to unite in the mission to safeguard the Congo Basin."
During this visit, Patrice Talon is expected to meet with his counterpart President Xi Jinping then with the Chinese Premier and China's top legislator.
The continental organization "strongly condemns the takeover of power by the military in the Republic of Gabon", announced the AU in a press release published on X (formerly Twitter).
