2023-09-11 22:32:51
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Third day of national mourning in Morocco. More than 2,800 people died in the powerful earthquake on Friday evening according to the latest provisional report… Supported by foreign teams, Moroccan firefighters are redoubling their efforts. The outpouring of solidarity is immense. Many states have offered their assistance to the Kingdom. Rabat has so far accepted that of Qatar, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Spain. On the African continent too, solidarity was expressed…
Despite his dual nationality, Andry Rajoelina’s candidacy was validated on Saturday by the High Constitutional Court. As the law provides, he therefore resigned two months before the election. But in a twist on Saturday, the President of the Senate, who is to act as interim president, decided to give up exercising his presidential duties for “personal reasons”. It is therefore the government which takes its place in a collegial manner. An unprecedented situation. The opposition denounces an institutional coup d’état.
The African Union has been a permanent member of the G20 since the summit which just concluded in India. The current President of the AU, Azali Assoumani sees it as “the culmination of a long-term fight”.
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