By Jihed Abidellaoui and Alexander Cornwell MARRAKECH (Reuters) – Families in Marrakech huddled into the early hours of Sunday, spending a second night on the streets as Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than half a century left many fearing their homes were no longer safe to return to. Uncertainty gripped many in Marrakech, some 70 …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Abdulhak Balhak ASNI, Morocco (Reuters) – Abdellatif Ait Bella lay on the ground in his Moroccan mountain village, barely able to move or speak, his head bandaged from wounds inflicted by falling debris during Friday’s earthquake that destroyed his home and devastated his community. His wife, Saida Bodchich, sat by him …
By Diadie Ba and Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Saturday named Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition’s candidate for the February 2024 presidential election. Ba, 62, a former economy minister who had also held the position of foreign minister, is a taxation specialist who was …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The Eiffel Tower’s lights will go dark at 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Saturday in tribute to victims of Morocco’s earthquake, Agence France Presse reported, citing Paris City Hall. Morocco’s Interior Ministry said earlier that 1,037 people had been killed and another 672 injured by the quake, recorded by the U.S. Geological …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – A junta that seized power in OPEC-member state Gabon appointed Marcel Abeke, a former executive of French miner Eramet as the country’s new petrol minister on Saturday. Abeke was an executive of the company which operates a manganese mine in Gabon until March last year when he was appointed to a new …
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(Reuters) -Following are offers of aid and other reaction from foreign governments to the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday, killing more than 1,000 and destroying buildings in the deadliest tremor to hit the country in decades. ****OFFERS OF FOREIGN AID AND SUPPORT ALGERIA Algeria, which broke off ties with Morocco two years …
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By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The African Union was made a permanent member of the G20, comprising the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi on Saturday. The African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, now …
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Morocco’s deadly earthquake prompted Algeria, which cut ties with its neighbour two years ago, to put aside the countries’ bad relations and open its air space to aid flights. The border between Algeria and Morocco, the most powerful countries in the region, has been closed since 1994 and Algiers closed its air …
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(Reuters) -Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, Zulu prince and controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle, has died, the presidency said on Saturday. He was 95. The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party served two terms as Minister of Home Affairs in the post-apartheid government after burying the hatchet with the governing African …
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By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) -An al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide attack on a military base in northeastern Mali, a day after authorities blamed the group for carrying out a dual assault on another military camp and a boat that killed over 60. At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers …
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