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The exact number of US troops in the country is not clear but one US official said there are fewer than 100 troops there. But the official said Chad’s threat to terminate the SOFA agreement blindsided US officials. The move comes at a critical time for US interests in Africa, as American officials have warned that Russian influence is expanding across the continent. While in the country, Langley met with Chadian military leaders including Gen. Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud, Chad’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, according to an AFRICOM press release at the time. Langley said in the release that AFRICOM “remains dedicated to building enduring partnerships with Chad and other African nations.”

Persons: Chad’s, Michael Langley, ” “, ” Langley, Langley, ”, AFRICOM’s, Michael Woods, Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud Organizations: CNN, Forces Agreement, Operations Task Force, US Special Operations Forces, Marine Corps, US Africa Command, Senate Armed Services Committee, Russian Federation, House Armed, Committee, Central, Chadian, Staff, Armed Forces Locations: Chad, Russia, N’Djamena, Niger, Africa, Russian, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, ”, China, Chad’s

☆ US wants to reopen embassy in Libya
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States wants to reopen an embassy in Libya - a decade after suspending operations there – as Russia maintains an influential foothold in the country. A State Department official said Monday that the US is in “active negotiations for an interim facility that would provide appropriate security and staffing support” in the capital city of Tripoli. The move to reopen a US diplomatic compound in Libya comes as Moscow holds significant influence in the country. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in that attack. The US continues to advise citizens not to travel to Libya “due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”CNN’s Haley Britzky contributed reporting.

Persons: Michael Langley, Antony Blinken, J, Christopher Stevens, ” CNN’s Haley Britzky Organizations: CNN, Facility, State Department, Russian Federation, ”, Corps, US Africa Command, Diplomatic Security Locations: United States, Libya, Russia, Malta, Tripoli, ”, Moscow, Russian, Maghreb, Morocco, Pacific, Eastern Caribbean, Libyan, Benghazi

☆ Migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands near 32,000 this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rescue workers search for bodies after a boat with 46 migrants from the Maghreb region capsized in the beach of Orzola, in the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain's Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. Fernando Clavijo, the Canary Islands regional chief, said the figures showed the scale of the humanitarian crisis faced by the islands and called for more help from the Spanish government and the European Union. Its seven islands have become the main destination for migrants from Senegal and other African countries trying to reach Spain, fleeing conflict or seeking a better life. The Spanish government said it would create additional emergency accommodation for some 3,000 migrants in military barracks, hotels and hostels.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Fernando Clavijo, Graham Keeley, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Canaries, Reuters, Spanish coastguard, Spanish Civil Guard, Canary, European Union, State, Thomson Locations: Maghreb, Orzola, Lanzarote, Spain, Rights MADRID, Africa, El Hierro, EU, Africa's, Senegal

☆ Opinion | There Is Another Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Cole Stangler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Tourists visiting the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, the magnificent snow-white cathedral towering over northern Paris, tend to descend the Butte Montmartre the way they came up. But once they’ve had enough, they’ll most likely make their way down the south side of the hill, following the path of the funicular toward the recognizable sights of central Paris. This Paris exists mostly outside the gaze of tourists, the whopping 12.7 million people who visited the area this summer. But they refuse to abide by the half-theme-park, half-museum ambience that prevails in much of central Paris. Here, another Paris is alive and kicking.

Persons: they’ve Organizations: Coeur Basilica Locations: Coeur, Paris, Montmartre, Belleville, Eastern, Southern Europe, Maghreb, China

☆ Morocco wants normal ties with Algeria, king says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

RABAT, July 29 (Reuters) - King Mohammed VI said on Saturday Morocco hopes for a return to normality and open borders with Algeria amid severed diplomatic ties. Algeria unilaterally cut ties with Morocco in 2021 and halted the flow of a gas pipeline to Spain via Morocco. The Western Sahara dispute has been at the heart of worsening ties between the two countries. Morocco considers the territory its own, but the Algerian-backed Polisario front wants to establish an independent state there. "I should like to tell the leaders and people of our sister nation, Algeria, that no evil will ever be done to them, nor will any harm ever come to them from Morocco," king Mohammed said.

Persons: King Mohammed VI, Mohammed said, Abdelmedjid Tebboune, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Alistair Bell Organizations: Morocco, Moroccan, Polisario, Thomson Locations: RABAT, Algeria, Maghreb, Morocco, Spain, Algerian, Western Sahara, Rabat, Tel Aviv

☆ Muzz, a Muslim Dating App, Takes Its Matchmaking on the Road
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Sadiba Hasan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a Thursday evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, about 250 Muslims gathered in a halal Italian restaurant for a singles dating event. Some of them shied away from cameras, citing privacy concerns, while others said they were afraid of appearing “desperate.”The event was hosted by Muzz, a Muslim dating app based in London, with eight million users worldwide, according to the company. Prayer mats were set up in an outdoor dining tent for Maghreb, the fourth of five daily prayers for Muslims. Inside the restaurant, tables and chairs were cleared to make space for the mingling guests, and platters of hummus, chicken kebab wraps and Mediterranean salad were being served. ‌Topics of conversation included halal Thai food in New York (“Top Thai — we should go check it out,” one person said to another) and the difficulty of meeting new people while working remotely.

Organizations: Muzz Locations: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, London, Maghreb, New York

☆ Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts in the country after al Qaeda interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NAIROBI, March 27 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military government on Monday suspended France 24 broadcasts in the country after the TV station aired an interview with the head of al Qaeda's North African wing AQIM. Relations between Paris and Ouagadougou have deteriorated sharply since Burkina Faso's military seized power in a coup last October. In January, Burkina Faso gave France one month to withdraw its troops as it ended a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents, including on its territory. France 24 earlier this month aired an interview with Yezid Mebarek, also known as Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi, who claimed the title of "emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" in 2020 after a French raid killed his predecessor. France Medias Monde, which operates France 24, was not immediately available for comment on Burkina Faso's move.

Fawaz Ould Ahmed was taken into custody by the United States and brought to New York on Friday, the Justice Department said in a statement. Ahmed received a death penalty in Mali after pleading guilty to planning and executing the deadly attacks targeting Westerners. The Justice Department said a total of 38 people had died in the three incidents. "The defendant's alleged actions — inhumanely plotting and carrying out ruthless terrorist attacks — were not forgotten and will not be forgiven," said FBI assistant director-in-charge Michael Driscoll. Ahmed told the Malian court that he did not regret the attacks and that he had been seeking revenge for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad printed in Charlie Hebdo.

☆ Kenya: Drought and soaring grain prices fuel insecurity
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-02 | by ( Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Just as in west Africa, Kenya's problems are being deepened by climate change. A malnourished child being measured in Ileret, northern Kenya. Members of Akuagok's tribe, the Daasanach, crowded around her shouting their own stories of loss -- loss of friends to illness perhaps caused by hunger, loss of animals, and how now, even when they make a very little cash, it's never enough to get by. A mother feeding her malnourished child in Ileret, northern Kenya. The combination of drought, soaring food and fuel prices due to a distant war, a burgeoning population, and civil wars on Kenya's doorstep is an incendiary mix.

☆ La zece ani de la moartea lui Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida are o conducere slăbită
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: APLa zece ani de la moartea lui Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida are o conducere slăbităAl-Qaida va rămâne prima centrală jihadistă din lume, responsabilă pentru atentate grave în istoria modernă. Însă, la zece ani de la moartea fondatorului său Osama bin Laden, organizaţia nu a găsit un succesor pe măsura acestuia, comentează miercuri AFP. Lipsit de carismă, egipteanul Ayman al-Zawahiri, care i-a succedat lui Bin Laden, se ascunde în zona frontierei afgano-pakistaneze. Cel mai mare succes al lui Al-Zawahiri este că a menţinut în viaţă Al-Qaida'', a explicat Barak Mendelsohn, profesor la Universitatea Haverford din Pennsylvania. Considerat drept unul dintre cei care au conceput planul atentatelor de la 11 septembrie 2001, semnătura fundamentală a Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri a intrat la vârsta de 15 în rândurile Frăţiei Musulmane şi a supravieţuit timp de 40 de ani jihadului, o longevitate rarisimă, adaugă AFP.

Persons: Osama bin Laden, Al - Qaida, - Qaida, ., organizaţia, Bin Laden, Al -, -, Barak, Ayman, Zawahiri, Abu Mohammed al, Adel . Organizations: Universitatea Haverford, Agerpres, New York Times, Stat Islamic, ONU Locations: afgano, Pennsylvania, Peninsula Arabică, Somalia, Afganistan, Siria, Irak, Myanmar, -, Teheran, Washington, New, Regatului Unit, Adel, Iran

☆ Rusia a lansat o rachetă Soyuz, care transportă 38 de sateliţi străini
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Rusia a lansat luni de pe cosmodromul Baikonur din Kazahstan o rachetă Soyuz a cărei lansare a fost amânată de două ori din cauza unor probleme tehnice, informează AFP, citează Agerpres. Racheta Soyuz-2.1 a fost lansată cu succes la ora 06:07 GMT, potrivit imaginilor transmise în direct de agenţia spaţială rusă, Roscomos. Programată iniţial sâmbătă, lansarea a fost amânată prima dată pentru duminică, apoi pentru luni. Potrivit directorului agenţiei spaţiale ruse, Dmitri Rogozin, prima amânare a fost decisă din cauza unei "supratensiuni" detectate cu puţin timp înainte de lansare şi "pentru a nu risca". A doua amânare a fost stabilită după descoperirea unei "disfuncţionalităţi tehnice", potrivit Roscosmos.

Persons: Roscomos ., Dmitri Rogozin Locations: Rusia, Kazahstan, Coreea de Sud, Japonia, Canada, Arabia Saudită, Germania, Italia, Brazilia, Tunisia, Africa, rusă, U.R.S.S

☆ După două amânări din motive tehnice, Rusia reușit să lanseze o rachetă Soyuz cu 38 de sateliţi străini la bord
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: twitter / RoscosmosDupă două amânări din motive tehnice, Rusia reușit să lanseze o rachetă Soyuz cu 38 de sateliţi străini la bordRusia a lansat astăzi, de la cosmodromul Baikonur din Kazahstan, o rachetă Soyuz care are la bordul ei 38 de sateliţi străini. Racheta Soyuz-2.1 a fost lansată cu succes la ora 06.07 GMT (08.07 ora României), potrivit imaginilor transmise în direct de agenţia spaţială rusă, Roscomos. Racheta va transporta pe orbită 38 de sateliţi care provin din 18 ţări, inclusiv din Coreea de Sud, Japonia, Canada, Arabia Saudită, Germania, Italia şi Brazilia. Ce arată amânările repetate ale lansăriiProgramată iniţial sâmbătă, lansarea a fost amânată prima dată pentru duminică, apoi pentru luni. A doua amânare a fost stabilită după descoperirea unei „disfuncţionalităţi tehnice”, potrivit Roscosmos.

Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Rusia, Kazahstan, României, Coreea de Sud, Japonia, Canada, Arabia Saudită, Germania, Italia, Brazilia, ispozitive, uminică,, irectorului, ceste

☆ OMS: Africa este departe de a fi pregătită de o vaccinare în masă
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

În contextul în care lucrul la dezvoltarea unui vaccin s-a accelerat de la începutul lunii, în urma anunţurilor promiţătoare a mai multor fabricanţi, OMS a făcut apel la Africa să-şi intensifice preparativele, estimând într-un comunicat că este pregătită pentru a vaccina numai 33% din populaţie.Acest procentaj. evaluat pe baza datelor furnizate de 40 de ţări de pe continent privind o serie de criterii, este pentru moment net inferior obiectivului de 80%, potrivit organizaţiei. "Planificarea şi pregătirea vor fi decisive pentru această sarcină fără precedent", a declarat directoarea regională a OMS, dr. Matshidiso Moeti, într-o conferinţă de presă online, precizând că obiectivul este de a vaccina 3% dintre africani până în martie 2021 şi 20% până la sfârşitul anului viitor.Principalele carenţe privesc lipsa de finanţare şi instrumentele de comunicare cu populaţia, iar pentru a remedia acest lucru "solidaritatea internaţională va fi imperativă", a precizat ea.OMS evaluează costul vaccinării numai al populaţiilor prioritare din Africa la circa 4,8 miliarde de euro.Ţările africane vor putea beneficia de o parte din dispozitivul de achiziţionare şi repartiţie a vaccinurilor COVAX, dar şi de finanţări de la Banca Mondială.Deşi Africa este net mai puţin afectată decât majoritatea celorlaltor continente de pandemie, cu circa 50.000 de decese înregistrate oficial la 2,1 milioane de cazuri confirmate, continentul se confruntă cu recrudescenţe locale, în special în Africa de Sud şi Maghreb, a subliniat dr. Moeti.

Persons: OMS, . Organizations: OMS Locations: Africa, Africa de Sud

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