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Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main airport on Wednesday as staff went on an open-ended strike over a planned takeover by an Indian company. The walk-out by the Kenyan Aviation Workers Union began at midnight, severely disrupting flights at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), one of Africa’s busiest hubs.The union said the strike …

Kenya airport strike disrupts flightsWed, 11 Sep 2024 13:02:36 GMT Read More »

When will gasoline from Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote’s mega-refinery finally flood the home market? That’s the question Nigerians are asking as Africa’s most populous country battles chronic petrol shortages.Dangote — again ranked Africa’s richest man by Forbes this year — says he is awaiting the green light from the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), …

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery caught between promise and realityWed, 11 Sep 2024 11:15:46 GMT Read More »

Passengers were left stranded at Kenya’s main airport on Wednesday as staff went on strike over a planned takeover by an Indian company. The walk-out by the Kenyan Aviation Workers Union began at midnight, disrupting flights at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).Queues of passengers were outside the airport on Wednesday, some sitting on their luggage, …

Kenya airport strike disrupts flightsWed, 11 Sep 2024 06:22:51 GMT Read More »

In his apartment in Ethiopia’s capital, Ermias Woldeamlak stares at the photos of his three older brothers, all of them killed during a period of military terror a generation ago.”Elias was 20 or 21, Thomas was 19, Berhan was 18,” he says. Half a century has passed, “but I still feel very sad,” Ermias adds. “I …

‘Justice not done’ 50 years after Ethiopia revolutionWed, 11 Sep 2024 02:37:31 GMT Read More »

One year after a wall of water swept through eastern Libya’s coastal city of Derna, killing thousands and causing devastation, reconstruction is under way but essential services are lacking, NGOs say.On September 10, 2023, extreme rainfall from hurricane-strength Storm Daniel caused two dams to burst inland from Derna, which lies some 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) …

‘Essential services’ still sparse in Libya’s flood-ravaged DernaTue, 10 Sep 2024 19:18:48 GMT Read More »

Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed thousands of homes in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get worse.Several aerial videos and photos shared by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) with AFP showed rows of houses submerged in murky water.An epicentre of …

Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian cityTue, 10 Sep 2024 18:18:44 GMT Read More »

Algeria’s presidential candidates who lost out to incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algeria’s presidential election filed appeals to the Constitutional Court Tuesday, contesting the provisional result of the vote.Abdelaali Hassani, who heads the moderate Islamist party the Movement of Society for Peace, was first to submit his appeal.He said the day before he had “lost the …

Algeria presidential candidates appeal election resultTue, 10 Sep 2024 16:42:01 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s navy said Tuesday that at least 26 people died after a migrant boat sank off the coast two days earlier, in the latest migration-linked tragedy to occur off West Africa.In a post on X, the navy said it had recovered “17 lifeless bodies” on Tuesday, bringing the toll to 26 after nine were initially …

Senegal migrant shipwreck death toll climbs to at least 26Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:16:52 GMT Read More »

Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed tens of houses in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get worse.Several aerial videos and photos shared by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) with AFP showed rows of houses submerged in murky water.An epicentre of …

Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian cityTue, 10 Sep 2024 15:09:04 GMT Read More »

Parts of Central and West Africa have seen heavy flooding over an unusually intense rainy season, unleashing a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.The summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded on Earth and record after record has tumbled over the past year.Heatwaves, droughts and deadly flooding …

Floods hit millions in West and Central AfricaTue, 10 Sep 2024 14:22:38 GMT Read More »