More than one billion dollars will be pledged towards ramping up vaccine production in Africa at a summit held in Paris later this week, France said on Monday.A “new mechanism to accelerate the financing of vaccine production on the African continent” will be launched during the summit on Thursday, which will be attended by several …
In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, M’hamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands and livestock.Once flourishing and known for its figs, olives, and almonds, fields around Kabaw, located some 200 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Tripoli, are now mostly barren and battered by climate …
Once fruitful, Libyan village suffers climate crisisMon, 17 Jun 2024 07:14:06 GMT Read More »
Pilgrims on Sunday performed the last major ritual of the hajj, the “stoning of the devil”, in western Saudi Arabia as Muslims around the globe celebrated the Eid al-Adha holiday.As one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings wound down, authorities from multiple countries said at least 22 people had died, many of them from …
Hajj pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ as Muslims mark Eid al-AdhaMon, 17 Jun 2024 02:04:55 GMT Read More »
War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan — a nation already facing a litany of horrors — to the shores of a water crisis.”Since the war began, two of my children have walked 14 kilometres (nine miles) every day to get water for the family,” Issa, a father of seven, told AFP from …
Water crisis batters war-torn Sudan as temperatures soarSun, 16 Jun 2024 20:53:08 GMT Read More »
South African former president Jacob Zuma said Sunday his new party would join an opposition alliance to coordinate resistance to the government, while maintaining its challenge to the general election results.The MK said it would join a newly formed parliamentary grouping includes several mostly leftist opposition parties represented in parliament.Called the “Progressive Caucus” it is …
Zuma’s party joins S.African opposition allianceSun, 16 Jun 2024 20:11:43 GMT Read More »
South African former president Jacob Zuma said Sunday his new party would join an opposition alliance to coordinate resistance to the government, while maintaining its challenge to the general election results.”The 2024 elections were rigged” the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party spokesman Nhlamulo Ndhlela said, reading out a statement on behalf of the 82-year-old ex-leader.”We have …
S.Africa Zuma vows to continue to fight ‘rigged’ electionsSun, 16 Jun 2024 19:05:52 GMT Read More »
Pope Francis on Sunday deplored a surge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the victims of which he said included many Christians who had been killed for their faith.”Painful news continues to arrive of clashes and massacres in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” the 87-year-old pontiff said at the …
Pope appeals for halt to DR Congo violenceSun, 16 Jun 2024 11:25:00 GMT Read More »
In a second-hand shop in the suburbs of Senegal’s capital, Seynabou Sarr is inundated with orders days before West Africa’s largest Muslim festival of Tabaski.Sarr, 30, constantly answers calls while showing customers second-hand boubous — a traditional robe worn by both men and women at religious or ceremonial occasions.Tabaski — marked by most Senegalese on …
Senegalese eye elegance for Eid at half the priceSun, 16 Jun 2024 04:20:03 GMT Read More »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, re-elected for a second term after his weakened ANC lost its outright majority, will announce an “inclusive” cabinet, the party said Saturday.The African National Congress (ANC)’s Ramaphosa will lead what the party calls a government of national unity after the May 29 general election produced no outright winner.Congratulatory messages continued …
Flooding and landslides have killed eight people in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s biggest city, after heavy downpours, an updated report published by the fire service said Saturday.Roads were cut off as rain fell on Thursday afternoon in most areas of the city with a population of six million.In its latest statement, the fire brigade said 18 …
Eight dead after heavy rains hit Ivory CoastSat, 15 Jun 2024 14:53:15 GMT Read More »
