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Kenyan President William Ruto put the flood-ravaged country on high alert on Friday and postponed the reopening of schools indefinitely as the nation braced for its first-ever cyclone. Torrential rains have lashed East Africa since March and claimed the lives of more than 350 people.The region is now threatened by a cyclone projected to make landfall at …

Kenya on alert as it braces for first-ever cycloneFri, 03 May 2024 13:31:12 GMT Read More »

Tunisian journalists and opposition figures have voiced alarm about a surge of prosecutions since President Kais Saied issued a decree outlawing what authorities deem to be “false news”.Rights groups and lawyers say the measure stifles dissent in the North African country that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring protests and for years after was …

Tunisian Decree 54 on ‘false news’ stifles dissent: rights groupsFri, 03 May 2024 13:12:02 GMT Read More »

The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast.Torrential rains have lashed East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that has destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Some 210 people have died in Kenya “due …

Kenya floods death toll tops 200 as cyclone approachesFri, 03 May 2024 10:34:27 GMT Read More »

As night falls, a handful of South African soldiers slouch under a tent near a crocodile-infested pond off the largely dry Limpopo River separating their country from Zimbabwe.They are tasked with patrolling kilometres of wild terrain for smugglers ferrying across cigarettes, stolen cars and most of all people. Struggling in the polls ahead of the most …

Smugglers and migrants: How S.Africa’s border became a hot election issueFri, 03 May 2024 05:23:17 GMT Read More »

Mauritania’s Islamist opposition party on Thursday said its leader would be standing in the presidential election scheduled for June 29, the first time it has fielded a candidate for the post in 15 years.Hamadi Ould Sid’ El Moctar will represent the National Rally for Reform and Development, also known as Tewassoul, which was legalised in …

Mauritania Islamist party puts forward first presidential candidate since 2009Thu, 02 May 2024 19:58:09 GMT Read More »

Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order marking a major step towards the creation of a long-awaited war crimes court, more than two decades after the end of devastating civil conflict.An estimated 250,000 people died during the West African nation’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which were notorious for their …

Liberia’s Boakai creates office of war crimes courtThu, 02 May 2024 19:04:21 GMT Read More »

Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.In addition to claiming 188 lives in Kenya since March, the floods have displaced 165,000 people, with 90 reported missing, the interior ministry …

Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone as heavy rains persistThu, 02 May 2024 19:02:55 GMT Read More »

Police in London made 45 arrests on Thursday as protesters tried to stop the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, after the UK government began detaining people before controversial deportation flights to Rwanda.Dozens of people surrounded a bus believed to be taking asylum seekers from a hotel in the Peckham area of south London …

UK police arrest 45 at protest against migrant removalsThu, 02 May 2024 17:43:00 GMT Read More »

Protesters in London tried to prevent the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation Thursday, as the UK government began detaining people before controversial deportation flights to Rwanda start.Dozens of people surrounded a bus believed to be taking asylum seekers from a hotel in the Peckham area of the British capital to an accommodation barge …

Protesters try to stop UK migrant removals from temporary accommodationThu, 02 May 2024 16:26:39 GMT Read More »

The number of people who have lost their lives in devastating floods in Kenya since March has risen to 188, with dozens still missing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.Torrential rains in Kenya and other countries in East Africa have caused deadly havoc, with floods and landslides forcing people from their homes, destroying roads, bridges …

Kenya floods death toll rises to 188 as heavy rains persistThu, 02 May 2024 11:16:44 GMT Read More »