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Cyclone Chido killed at least 94 people in Mozambique in its deadly rampage through the Indian Ocean last week, the country’s disaster management agency said Sunday, raising a previous death toll of 76.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 …

Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in MozambiqueSun, 22 Dec 2024 11:41:17 GMT Read More »

Charismatic, dramatic and determined, Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has directed from abroad waves of protests that pose the biggest threat to the ruling Frelimo party since it took power nearly 50 years ago.Known simply by his first name, the ambitious 50-year-old claims to have won the October presidential vote, rejecting as rigged the election …

Venancio Mondlane, leading Mozambique’s vote dispute from exileSun, 22 Dec 2024 06:54:55 GMT Read More »

On a hillside in Tunisia’s northwestern highlands, women scour a sun-scorched field for the wild herbs they rely on for their livelihoods, but droughts and rising temperatures are making it ever harder to find the precious plants.Yet the harvesters say they have little choice but to struggle on, as there are few opportunities in a …

Tunisia women herb harvesters struggle with drought and heatSun, 22 Dec 2024 02:47:03 GMT Read More »

In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone’s polluting public transport system.Rush hour in the West African country’s major cities is a frenetic medley of minibuses, mopeds, shared taxis and three-wheeled vehicles known as “kekehs” –- each spluttering toxic emissions …

Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollutionSat, 21 Dec 2024 05:27:26 GMT Read More »

The lawyer responsible for setting up Liberia’s long-awaited war crimes court told AFP that the first trials will take place in the next five years, more than two decades after the brutal civil wars that left around 250,000 people dead.Justice has so far proved elusive for the victims of the back-to-back conflicts that raged in …

Official says Liberia to begin war crimes trials in next five yearsSat, 21 Dec 2024 05:11:50 GMT Read More »

Ghana-born midfielder Manu Duah, a 19-year-old midfielder for the University of California at Santa Barbara, was selected by expansion side San Diego FC with the first pick in Friday’s MLS Draft.Duah started all 14 contests last season for the Gauchos, who went 8-3-3, and will be called upon to help the first-year club flourish when …

San Diego takes Ghanaian MF Duah with MLS Draft top pickFri, 20 Dec 2024 20:08:04 GMT Read More »

An Italian court on Friday acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship at sea in 2019, for which he had risked six years in prison.”I’m happy. After three years, common sense has won,” the far-right leader, a member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, told reporters outside the …

Italy’s far-right Salvini acquitted in migrant blockade trialFri, 20 Dec 2024 20:05:22 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced to pull troops out of several other African countries.”Our role is changing in Africa because the world is changing in Africa, because public opinion is changing, because governments are changing,” he said.Macron was addressing …

Macron sees new role for French military base in DjiboutiFri, 20 Dec 2024 19:41:56 GMT Read More »

France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, the country’s defence ministry said, after N’Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power.A contingent of 120 soldiers left for France from a military airport in the capital, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook, 10 days after French fighter aircraft left …

France withdraws first contingent of soldiers from Chad: N’DjamenaFri, 20 Dec 2024 19:29:07 GMT Read More »