North Africa

After Tunisia, it is the turn of Morocco to be affected by wildfires. Fortunately, firefighters in Morocco were fighting to contain forest fires in the mountainous Chefchaouen region in the north. Moroccan forces on Monday posted to Twitter pictures of the attempts to put to put out the fires: عمل …

The forests of northern Morocco are burning for the second day in a row. 200 hectares have already gone up in smoke. Fortunately, no victim is to be deplored for the time being according to the authorities. The changing winds “do not help to control the fire,” said the regional …

The bodies of two women and four children are reported to have been found in the desert in south-western Tunisia. They are understood to have been migrants from Niger, who apparently died of thirst. A sole survivor of the group had left to try to find water, but got lost, …

A Journalist in Algeria has been arrested for covering protests. Rabah Kareche has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his reporting on protests, his newspaper Liberte said. Mr Kareche was handed a one-year-term, with four months suspended. He has already been in prison since his arrest in April …

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has officially opened his country’s diplomatic liaison office in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Morocco broke off relations with Israel more than 20 years ago, when the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, erupted. But the ties were revived last year as part of a series of …

Algeria’s state prosecutor has ordered an investigation after a mob lynched a man accused of deliberately starting fires. The murder happened in the Tizi Ouzou area, which has been hardest hit as dozens of fires have raged across the country for days – killing 69 people. Video footage showed the …

Wildfires in Algerian Kabylia region continue wreaking havoc. While all around the world, calls are launched to come in aid to the populationeath toll is increasing. It is a hard situation that Algeria is going through. While authorities are struggling to find out solutions to wildfires the death toll is …

Facing the wildfires which continue wreaking havoc in the Kabylia region, French president Emmanuel Macron is not indifferent. As a gesture of solidarity, he promised to send two Canadairs and a command plane in order to stop the advance of fires. Through a Tweet, the French president called Algerians “friends …

While wildfires continue wreaking havoc in Algeria, appeals for international help multiply on social media. In order to come to the aid of households hard hit by fires, offers of material and medical assistance have increased in recent hours. Donations are still being collected in Algiers, the capital, as shown …

At least 42 people are now known to have died as a result of more than 100 wildfires in Algeria. The most intense have taken hold in forested mountains of the Kabylie region, where 25 soldiers have been killed fighting fires. Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune has sent his condolences to …