British runner Ross Cook, 27, has become the world’s first adventurer to cross the African continent running along the west coast from south to north.

Nicknamed “the toughest strange man”, Cook arrived in the Ras Angla region in northern Tunisia, 20 kilometers from Bizerte, the farthest point on the African continent, through which he crossed 16 countries.

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Koch crossed Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, and Algeria, before concluding his tour in Tunisia.
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The Italian humanitarian organization “Emergency” announced on Saturday that it had rescued 87 migrants, including women and children, in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast.

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The migrant boat had set off from Zawiya in northwestern Libya before being intercepted by the Life Support Emergency Rescue Ship on Friday night, the organization said.

The organization reported that the boat was overcrowded, and water and food had run out, with 8 women among the migrants, including a pregnant woman, 3 children and 14 minors.

The rescued migrants were from Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, South Sudan, Eritrea, Bangladesh, Mali, Togo, Chad, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, Senegal, and Ivory Coast.

“Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) noted that the lack of safe and legal options, as well as the violence against migrants in Libya, forces them to cross by sea and increases the number of victims.
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The spokesman for the Libyan Export Development Center, Mohamed Hamouda, said that the value of Libyan non-oil exports amounted to $3.1 billion dollars .

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Libyan dates, which are grown in oasis and desert areas, ranked first in these exports, followed by olive oil grown locally in the western regions of the country, and fish that abound on the Libyan coast.

Hamouda pointed out in press statements that there are many companies that export various products, including dates, honey, pasta, couscous, fish, packaged foodstuffs, and building materials.

Hamouda added that Libyan exports are heading to countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia, especially to Sweden, Turkey, Niger, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Hamouda explained that Libya aims to enhance its non-oil exports as alternatives to the country's main source of income, which is oil, which constitutes about 95% of national income.
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The Rwandan Ministry of Emergency Management announced the arrival of 113 refugees and migrants to Rwanda from Libya under the supervision of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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This is the eighteenth group since the beginning of the program’s implementation, and it consists of individuals of six different nationalities, including South Sudan, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, and Somalia.

The emergency evacuation mechanism was established in 2019 at the initiative of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, in response to the humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the detention of African refugees in Libya, as they were trying to cross to Europe via the Mediterranean.

So far, Rwanda has received about 2,300 migrants and asylum seekers within this mechanism, and more than 1,300 of them were able to move to third countries.
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France intends to reduce its military presence in West and Central Africa to only about 600 soldiers, according to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan, according to what three sources told Agence France-Presse.

This decision came in light of increasing anti-French sentiment in some of its former colonies.

According to a plan under discussion with African partners, France will significantly reduce the number of its forces previously deployed in Africa, and according to sources close to the French government, it will maintain only about 100 soldiers in Gabon in Central Africa, and a similar number in Senegal in West Africa, compared to the current 350 soldiers in each country. From both countries.
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A senior American general visited Africa to discuss ways to maintain the American presence in West Africa, after Niger’s decision to expel the American army in favor of a partnership with Russia.

General Charles Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Air Forces, told reporters before arriving in Botswana for a meeting of African defense leaders that he would speak with several partners in the region.

Brown pointed to opportunities for cooperation with countries in West Africa to build relationships that would allow the United States to display some of the military capabilities that were present in Niger.

Brown did not reveal which countries were under consideration, but a US official reported that President Joe Biden’s administration had held preliminary talks with countries such as Benin, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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The countries of Angola and Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) signed 14 agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation in a number of fields, including agriculture, mineral resources, oil, gas, health, scientific research, tourism, and military and technical cooperation.

In the Ivorian city of Abidjan, in the presence of the presidents of Angola, João Lourenço, and Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, the legal instruments were signed by the ministers of the relevant ministries, along with the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Yesterday, Thursday, the leaders of the two countries held “very productive” talks, according to President Alassane Ouattara, which allowed for the strengthening of bilateral relations.

He also described the signed agreements as a sign of the common will to strengthen friendly relations and cooperation, noting that an economic forum will be held today, Friday, between businessmen from both sides.
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The draw ceremony for the 2025 African Cup of Nations, which Morocco will host during the period from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, took place on Thursday in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg.

The draw resulted in strong groups and anticipated confrontations, especially in the Egyptian national team, which fell into the third group.

The 48 participating teams were divided into 12 groups, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the tournament finals in Morocco.
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The commander of US forces in Africa (AFRICOM), General Kenneth Ekman, said that the withdrawal of US forces from Niger will be completed next month. He confirmed, in a press statement from the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, that “the withdrawal is going well.”

He added, “The matter is progressing on schedule, thanks to the excellent coordination we have had with our Nigerian military counterparts.”

He expected the withdrawal to end in early August, “long before the deadline agreed upon between the two parties, set for September 15.”

American forces withdrew from a military base in Niamey, at the request of the ruling military junta in Niger, in early July, with the exception of 200 soldiers who remain at the Agadez air base in the north of the country.
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France has acknowledged committing a massacre of African soldiers in Senegal in 1944, noting that the soldiers killed in the “Thiaroye” barracks in December of that year “died for France,” as it put it.

According to the decision published by the French National Office for Veterans and War Victims, and reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency, the phrase “died for France” will be used to honor four soldiers from Senegal, one from Ivory Coast, and another from Burkina Faso.

This phrase is used to refer to soldiers who died in wars and military operations in which France participated.

The “Senegalese Riflemen” unit was composed of African soldiers who fought for France on several fronts during World War II.
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A delegation from Russia’s “Rosatom” nuclear company has begun a four-day visit to Burkina Faso to discuss a project to build a power plant.

Burkina Faso has been growing closer to Russia since the coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré in September 2022, and the two governments signed an agreement in October 2023 in Moscow aimed at building a nuclear power plant.

The delegation held a working session with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Yacoub Djouba, who said the visit focused on discussing the technical aspects necessary to implement the project.

Minister Djouba stressed the importance of the visit in providing a deeper understanding of energy issues, as well as other aspects of importance to the relevant ministries such as health, higher education, agriculture and the environment.
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