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At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the country’s prime minister said Thursday.Tanzania and other countries in East Africa — a region highly vulnerable to climate change — have been pounded by heavier than usual rainfall during the current rainy season, with several …

155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East AfricaThu, 25 Apr 2024 14:44:00 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was “ineffective” and showed “cynicism”, while praising the two countries’ cooperation on defence.”I don’t believe in the model… which would involve finding third countries on the African continent or elsewhere where we’d send people who arrive on our soil illegally, …

France’s Macron blasts ‘ineffective’ UK Rwanda deportation lawThu, 25 Apr 2024 13:06:48 GMT Read More »

The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Djibouti this week has risen to 24, the UN’s migration agency said, highlighting a sharp increase in the number of people returning from Yemen to the Horn of Africa nation this year. The capsize on Monday was the second fatal maritime accident in two weeks off Djibouti, …

Death toll in migrant boat capsize off Djibouti rises to 24: UNThu, 25 Apr 2024 12:46:20 GMT Read More »

Togo’s opposition parties have filed a lawsuit with a West African court to try and overturn a constitutional reform they say allows President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his grip on power.The amendment, which shifts the small West African state from a presidential to a parliamentary system, has fuelled political tensions ahead of April 29 legislative …

Togo opposition asks W.Africa court to overturn reformsThu, 25 Apr 2024 11:37:53 GMT Read More »

The death toll from flash floods in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has risen to 13 after the discovery Thursday of three more bodies, police said.President William Ruto convened an emergency multi-agency meeting Thursday to respond to the crisis after torrential rains triggered floods that caused chaos across the city, blocking roads and bridges and engulfing homes …

Kenya on alert as flood death toll reaches 13Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:18:13 GMT Read More »

Togo goes to the polls on April 29 in legislative and regional elections amid tensions over the contested rule of the same family for more than half a century.Here are five facts about the small West African nation which counts among its most famous figures the football legend Emmanuel Adebayor.- Family dynasty –One family has …

Five things to know about TogoThu, 25 Apr 2024 06:26:32 GMT Read More »

Togolese go to the polls on April 29 to elect new lawmakers and the country’s first regional representatives, with political tensions high since the adoption of a divisive new constitution.After his father ruled Togo for nearly four decades before him, President Faure Gnassingbe — already in office himself since 2005 — is accused by critics …

Togo’s legislative elections: What is at stake?Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:19:46 GMT Read More »

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani said Wednesday he would run for a second term in presidential elections due in June.Ghazouani, 67, has been at the helm of the vast West African country since 2019 and provided stability in the Sahel region, which faces rising jihadism.”I have deemed it appropriate to address you directly, dear compatriots, …

Mauritania president says running for second term in June pollsWed, 24 Apr 2024 23:50:26 GMT Read More »

Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants.That is the equivalent of six lives saved every minute of every year of the half century, the UN health agency said.In a study published in …

Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years: WHOWed, 24 Apr 2024 15:58:10 GMT Read More »

Storms and flash floods turned roads into gushing rivers and swamped homes with waist-high muddy water across the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people.The East Africa region has been lashed by relentless downpours in recent weeks, as the El Nino weather pattern exacerbates the seasonal rainfall.Across Nairobi, vehicles were stuck in …

10 dead as floods wreak havoc in Kenyan capitalWed, 24 Apr 2024 15:53:01 GMT Read More »