The interior ministry said that it is continuing its firefighting operations in the Boumerdes, Bouira, Tizi Ouzou, Jijel, Bejaia and Skikda regions. A major heat wave is sweeping across north Africa, with temperatures of 49°C recorded in some cities in neighbouring Tunisia. In Tunisia, wildfires swept through the border town of Melloula. A civil protection official said that they had evacuated hundreds of the town’s residents by land and by sea, in fishermen’s boats and coastguard vessels. (Reporting by Lamine Chikhi, Jana Choukeir, and Nayera Abdalla; Writing by Tarek Amara; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Nick Macfie and Hugh Lawson.)

Source: The North Africa Journal July 25, 2023 15:20 UTC