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More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the winner of recent elections. A total of 1,534 detainees escaped the high-security prison located about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the capital, said national police chief Bernardino …

Mass jailbreak in Mozambique amid post-election unrestWed, 25 Dec 2024 20:59:22 GMT Read More »

At least 21 people, including two police officers, have been killed in Mozambique in the last 24 hours, the government said, in post-election violence that erupted after the ruling party was controversially confirmed winners in recent elections.The Portuguese-speaking African country’s highest court had confirmed on Monday that the Frelimo party, in power since 1975, won …

Nearly two dozen killed in 24 hours in Mozambique after disputed election resultTue, 24 Dec 2024 20:41:39 GMT Read More »

The death toll from cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte has reached 39, according to the latest count from the island’s prefect.Meanwhile, France’s interior ministry updated the number of wounded to 4,136, of which 124 were serious cases.  “The work of identifying the victims of the cyclone continues, in coordination with …

Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:41:14 GMT Read More »

Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk aquatic mammals.African manatees are found in fresh water along the coast of western Africa, such as in Cameroon’s vast Lake Ossa where the researcher first saw them more than …

Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspotTue, 24 Dec 2024 15:32:43 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s largely deserted capital was hit on Tuesday by skirmishes between protesters and police, AFP reporters said, the day after the ruling party was controversially confirmed winners in recent elections.Police in armoured vehicles patrolled the centre of the city, where hundreds of protesters in small, scattered groups threw objects and started fires.Makeshift roadblocks on major …

Tense Christmas Eve in Maputo after disputed election resultTue, 24 Dec 2024 15:22:28 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s highest court confirmed Monday the ruling party’s victory in a disputed October vote after allegations of rigging triggered weeks of deadly street clashes. Fears are high in the country and abroad that more violence could break out in the southern African nation after the opposition threatened to call an uprising following the decision. The United States …

Mozambique top court confirms ruling party disputed winMon, 23 Dec 2024 22:49:11 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s incoming president, Daniel Chapo, is a former provincial governor with no experience in national government who was little known before his surprise nomination as candidate for the ruling Frelimo party ahead of October elections.The 47-year-old’s victory at the poll was confirmed Monday when the Constitutional Council ratified the disputed results, although revising down his …

Mozambique’s next president Daniel Chapo, new to national politicsMon, 23 Dec 2024 16:21:28 GMT Read More »

President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the composition of France’s new government would be announced on Monday evening amid efforts to drag the second-largest EU economy out of a deepening political crisis.The cabinet of new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will be announced by Elysee secretary-general Alexis Kohler, Macron’s office said.The news came as France observed a …

France’s new government to be announced Monday evening: ElyseeMon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:52 GMT Read More »

Cyclone Chido killed at least 120 people in Mozambique in its deadly rampage through the Indian Ocean last week, the country’s disaster management agency said Monday, up 26 from a previous toll.The cyclone, which devastated the French island territory of Mayotte before hitting the African mainland, also destroyed 110,000 homes in Mozambique, officials said.It comes …

Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 120 in MozambiqueMon, 23 Dec 2024 14:36:21 GMT Read More »

A Belgian court Monday postponed the trial of Malian singer Rokia Traore to January 8 over an outstanding two-year prison sentence handed down in a child-custody dispute.The 50-year-old singer and guitarist was sentenced in absentia by a Brussels court last year on charges of parental abduction, in a long-running fight with the Belgian father of …

Mali singer Traore child custody case postponedMon, 23 Dec 2024 13:14:44 GMT Read More »