Africa

No casualties have been recorded in the forest fires in the northern province of Taounate, the authorities say.

The boat was carrying at least 50 people and no bodies had been recovered as of Tuesday morning, officials said.

The clemency follows a recommendation by Prisons Service Council.

Burkina Faso has declared United Nations regional coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata over a UN report alleging violations against children in the country.

ADF rebels armed with machetes have killed at least 52 civilians in the Beni and Lubero areas of eastern DRC in recent days, UN and local officials said on Monday.

The Congolese government and M23 rebels have missed Monday’s deadline to reach a peace agreement in Doha.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on the results of his summit last week with US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s acknowledgement of the bloody history of Cameroon’s struggle for independence has cracked open a sealed archive of colonial brutality without offering the catharsis the country needs.

Egypt has said it is willing to join a potential international force deployed to Gaza, but only if backed by a UN Security Council resolution and accompanied by a “political horizon.”

This is the latest rule by the US as the Trump administration intensifies immigration crackdown, mainly targeting African countries.