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Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say 319 people, including 59 women and 24 children, were rescued from seven different boats trying to reach the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, while activists say at least 18 migrants have died.
Spanish rescue vessels reached the boats in different …
Moroccan security forces on Wednesday arrested two people for their suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) militant group. Mobile phones and documents “with extremist content from the IS” were seized in the homes of the two suspects, according to a statement by the Moroccan Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations. The two suspects, …
The West African bloc ECOWAS will meet virtually on Friday to discuss the crisis in Burkina Faso, where army officers have ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the group said. The Economic Community of West African States, which includes Burkina Faso, had already condemned Monday’s revolt, which came amid deepening anger over Kabore’s response …
Health authorities in Nigeria on Wednesday said they have activated the national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa fever emergency operations center in response to the recent Lassa fever outbreak in some parts of the country. This became necessary given the increase in the number of confirmed Lassa fever cases across the country …
Egypt has released 2,337 prisoners upon a presidential pardon, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision was made to mark Egypt’s 70th annual Police Day which fell on Tuesday. The Egyptian president, according to the country’s constitution, can issue pardon decrees for prisoners who had received final …
