The death toll from wildfires sweeping across parts of Algeria rose to 69 on Wednesday, according to a local official in the hard-hit district of Tizi Ouzou. Abdelkader Amrouche, the attorney general for the region, confirmed that the number included 20 soldiers who responded to the emergency when the fires first broke out on Monday. The blaze is one of dozens affecting Tizi Ouzou and Béjaïa as Algeria and other countries in the Mediterranean region continue to endure hot, dry conditions. ‘We have mobilized all available means, materially and humanly, to confront these fires, which affect several states, until we…
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Issued on: 11/08/2021 – 11:15 28 soldiers and 37 civilians are now reported to have died in more than 100 wildfires across Algeria, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that some of the fires had criminal origins. UPDATED : 12h05UTMore than 100 fires have been reported across 17 Algerian provinces, the country’s official APS news agency reported on Tuesday evening. The most intense fires are raging in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers.Photographs and videos posted on social media show walls of flame and billowing clouds of smoke towering over charred trees in the forests. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune sent…
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The Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has issued a call for all eligible civilians to join the armed forces as fighting rages in multiple regions of Africa’s second-most populous nation.“Now is the right time for all capable Ethiopians who are of age to join the defence forces, special forces and militias and show your patriotism,” Abiy’s office said in a statement released less than two months after he declared a unilateral ceasefire against Tigrayan rebels.Northern Ethiopia has been wracked by fighting since last November, when Abiy sent troops to topple the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), then the ruling party…
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Issued on: 10/08/2021 – 22:18 Forty-two people, including 25 military men, have died in wildfires that erupted east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane said on Tuesday. Photographs posted on social media show huge walls of flame and billowing clouds of smoke towering over charred trees in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers.Algeria joins a string of countries to be hit by major blazes in recent weeks, including Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Russia and the United States.President Abdelmadjid Tebboune tweeted his condolences for 25 soldiers who were killed as they rescued people…