By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies The body of one of two US soldiers who went missing last week during a training exercise in Morocco has been recovered, the US Army announced. The army identified him as 27-year-old 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, a platoon leader and air defence artillery officer from Richmond, Virginia. A Moroccan military search team found Key’s body in the water along the shoreline within about a mile of the cliffs where both soldiers went missing on 2 May. US and Moroccan forces are using ground, air and maritime assets to continue their search for the…
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By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus‑stricken cruise ship MV Hondius began flying home on military and government aircraft after the vessel anchored in Tenerife, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms during their separate repatriation flights on Sunday. Seventeen Americans were flown out, and U.S. officials confirmed that one tested positive for hantavirus despite showing no symptoms. The passenger will be taken to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, while others will undergo monitoring at the National Quarantine Unit. French authorities reported that one of their five evacuees developed symptoms mid‑flight, prompting strict isolation…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AFP The trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred opened in Draguignan in southern France on Monday, where he is charged with raping a woman in 2018. Lamjarred arrived in court alongside his wife to stand trial. The singer is accused of the 2018 rape of a barmaid in Saint-Tropez, charges he denies. The trial is taking place behind closed doors at the request of the alleged victim. According to prosecutors, the 41-year-old artist — a star in Morocco and the Arab world — attacked the woman after meeting her at a nightclub. His accuser says she…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AFP French President Emmanuel Macron used a two‑day economic summit in Nairobi, Kenya, to defend Europe’s engagement in Africa, drawing a sharp contrast with China’s approach and urging African leaders to take greater responsibility for governance challenges. In an interview with Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, Macron said he had “strongly condemned colonialism” upon taking office in 2017, but argued that Africa’s current difficulties cannot be attributed solely to its colonial past. “We must not exonerate from all responsibility the seven decades that followed independence,” he said, calling for stronger governance across the continent. Macron…
This Mother’s Day, Mercy Ships (https://MercyShips.org) highlights the extraordinary courage of mothers around the world through the story of Doxie, who defied deeply rooted cultural traditions in Madagascar to save her son. In numerous African regions, cultural traditions dictate that new mothers remain bedbound for several weeks postpartum, receiving dedicated care as they recuperate. However, shortly after delivering her premature son Alfredo at seven months, Doxie elected to diverge from these deeply rooted practices. Despite experiencing significant fatigue and jeopardizing her own recovery, she courageously left her bed to seek immediate medical attention for her newborn. “I was determined that…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP There are mixed emotions among locals in Granadilla de Abona municipality in the southern part of Spain’s Tenerife island off the coast of Africa. The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius is due to dock there in a few days’ time, and the mood among locals ranges from “concerned” to “business as usual.” As it heads to the island, health officials in several countries are scrambling to trace and contain the outbreak of the potentially deadly human-to-human strain of the virus. Gas delivery driver,Cristo Alvarez, said that people are obviously concerned given what happened with Covid-19.…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The Nigerian army said on Thursday that its troops had freed seven children and two adults who had remained in captivity following a kidnapping from an orphanage last month. Mass kidnappings have become a common way for gangs and armed groups to make quick money in Africa’s most populous country, especially in rural areas with little government presence. In late April, gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in central Kogi state, seizing 23 children and several adults. Most of the children were freed shortly after, but seven remained missing. Nigerian army troops “successfully rescued the remaining…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Two attacks in central Mali claimed by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have killed more than 30 people, local, security and administrative sources told AFP on Thursday. The two strikes came less than a fortnight after a large-scale, coordinated offensive by jihadists and separatists on junta positions, which plunged the west African country into a fresh security crisis. “At least 35 people were killed on Wednesday in near simultaneous attacks” on the villages of Korikori and Gomossogou, a youth official said. A security and an administrative source both reported more than 30 dead in the assaults, claimed by…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Chad has declared a 20-day state of emergency in the violence-hit Lake Chad region on Thursday following a wave of deadly attacks blamed on jihadist group Boko Haram. The decision comes after at least 26 army personnel, including two senior generals, were killed in ambushes this week, triggering nationwide mourning and intensified military operations. Government spokesman Gassim Cherif said authorities reviewed the worsening security and humanitarian situation in the region, citing renewed Boko Haram attacks, civilian displacement, and growing threats to people and property. The latest violence followed a deadly raid on the Barka Tolorom military base…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Kenya’s foreign minister said on Thursday that 19 citizens had died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline and 32 others were missing, as criticism mounts over reports of the forced enlistment of Kenyans into the Russian army. Speaking during a Senate committee session, Musalia Mudavadi said the number of Kenyans enlisted in the Russian army has risen to 291 from the previous figure of 250. The east African country’s intelligence services have put that figure much higher, estimating that more than 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited into the Russian military after being lured by recruiters with…