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Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for over a year on espionage accusations have been released, France’s foreign intelligence service said Thursday, with Paris thanking Morocco for its mediation in the case.The Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) told AFP that the four had been freed, confirming reports in the Moroccan media. It give not …

Four French detained in Burkina Faso freed: spy agencyThu, 19 Dec 2024 08:25:21 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday arrived in Mayotte to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers raced to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid.His visit to the French overseas territory comes after Paris declared “exceptional natural disaster” measures for Mayotte late Wednesday night to enable …

France’s Macron arrives in cyclone-hit Mayotte to assess devastationThu, 19 Dec 2024 07:59:24 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast’s mining industry is booming, driven by foreign investment and the discovery of new deposits, but the country now wants a bigger slice of the pie for its own businesses.Huge deposits of natural resources — including oil, gas and gold — have pushed the economy of the world’s biggest cocoa producer in a new direction.Three …

Ivory Coast wants bigger share of its mining boomThu, 19 Dec 2024 07:13:50 GMT Read More »

Leaning under the hood, Tesfahun Assefa checks the oil and the radiator. All good. But when he climbs inside and starts the engine, the Lada coughs and kicks out thick black smoke.Tesfahun, a taxi driver in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, has been driving the iconic Soviet car for nine years.The gear stick is unresponsive, …

The last of Ethiopia’s Soviet-era Lada carsThu, 19 Dec 2024 06:28:27 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Mayotte Thursday to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers race to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid.His visit to the French overseas territory comes after Paris declared “exceptional natural disaster” measures for Mayotte late Wednesday night …

France’s Macron in cyclone-hit Mayotte to assess devastationThu, 19 Dec 2024 05:34:35 GMT Read More »

France declared “exceptional natural disaster” measures for Mayotte on Wednesday as authorities grappled with the full scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, racing against time to search for survivors and supply aid. The “exceptional” measures, announced by French overseas minister Francois-Noel Buffet late Wednesday on social media platform X, …

France races to find survivors in cyclone-hit MayotteThu, 19 Dec 2024 00:17:12 GMT Read More »

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for a contested bill severely curtailing LGBTQ rights to become law after rejecting two bids to overturn it.Lawmakers approved the Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in February, drawing international condemnation despite gaining wide public support in the conservative West African country.The proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation is considered …

Ghana’s Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ lawWed, 18 Dec 2024 22:27:35 GMT Read More »

The haggard faces in the wreckage-and-water-strewn corridors betrayed the nerves and exhaustion of those soldiering on at the main hospital on the French archipelago of Mayotte, ravaged by a deadly cyclone last weekend.”It’s chaos,” summed up medical and administrative assistant Anrifia Ali Hamadi.”The roof is collapsing. We’re not very safe. Even I don’t feel safe …

Mayotte hospital on life support after cycloneWed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:40 GMT Read More »

French authorities Wednesday searched for survivors and raced to supply aid as they sought to work out the full scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte.French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Mayotte on Thursday, his office announced, as officials warned of a death toll reaching hundreds …

France counts cyclone cost as aid reaches MayotteWed, 18 Dec 2024 18:08:17 GMT Read More »