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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 »

French judges on Tuesday ordered six men to stand trial in a kidnap and extortion case involving French footballer Paul Pogba, with the star’s brother Mathias one of the accused, sources close to the case said.The trial follows a two-year investigation into the alleged extortion and kidnapping of the former Manchester United midfielder in a …

Brother of French football star Pogba to be tried in kidnap caseTue, 10 Sep 2024 14:16:52 GMT Read More »

The Islamist candidate who lost out to incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algeria’s presidential election filed an appeal 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, said the day before he had “lost the battle but not the war” …

Algeria presidential candidate appeals election resultTue, 10 Sep 2024 13:33:35 GMT Read More »

Springboks fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who has starred in his first Test season, is among seven players rested for a Rugby Championship match on September 21 in Argentina,Fellow backs Damian de Allende, Cheslin Kolbe and Willie le Roux, and forwards Bongi Mbonambi, Frans Malherbe and Pieter-Steph du Toit are also given a break by coach Rassie …

Springboks rest Feinberg-Mngomezulu for ArgentinaTue, 10 Sep 2024 11:51:39 GMT Read More »

Djibouti said it has offered a port-sharing deal with Addis Ababa, a move aimed at easing tensions between Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Somalia.Relations between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa have soured dramatically since Ethiopia struck a controversial maritime deal in January with the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland.The memorandum of understanding (MoU) gives Ethiopia …

Djibouti says offering port-sharing deal to EthiopiaTue, 10 Sep 2024 11:06:22 GMT Read More »

An attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso last month highlights the ruling military junta’s inability to contain escalating jihadist violence, experts say.Junta chief Captain Ibrahim Traore, 36, seized power in the West African country in a 2022 coup, vowing to swiftly regain control over a nation plagued by jihadist armed groups.Thousands have …

Burkina junta failing to stifle rising jihadist violenceTue, 10 Sep 2024 06:11:20 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s domestic security agency on Monday arrested one of the country’s top labour leaders, his union said, days after he called on the government to reverse a fuel price hike.Labour unions in June shut down the national grid for a day, stalled domestic flights and closed government offices to protest over Nigeria’s high costs of …

Nigerian security agents arrest top labour leader: unionMon, 09 Sep 2024 19:43:14 GMT Read More »

Distraught parents gathered on Monday at a hospital in central Kenya for DNA tests to identify the victims of a deadly school dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 21 boys.Kenya’s government declared three days of mourning amid public anger over repeated fires and safety lapses in its schools.The children perished after flames engulfed their …

Kenya starts DNA testing for school fire victimsMon, 09 Sep 2024 15:13:08 GMT Read More »

Paramilitary gunfire sounded in Sudan’s southeastern city of Sennar on Monday, a day after shelling blamed on the paramilitaries killed around 30 people at a market, activists and witnesses said.Sennar is one of the few remaining cities in the state of the same name which is not yet controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), …

Paramilitary gunfire in Sudan city a day after deadly shellingMon, 09 Sep 2024 15:02:42 GMT Read More »

A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria, killing at least 59 people, a rescue agency said on Monday.Photographs released by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency or SEMA showed workers burying more than a dozen blackened and charred bodies of victims from Sunday’s early morning incident.Images …

Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills at least 59Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:10:24 GMT Read More »