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In the remote mountain village of Tarasin in Sudan’s western Darfur, three successive landslides struck without warning last week.”The people lost everything,” Francesco Lanino, operations director at Save the Children, told AFP via Zoom from Port Sudan after a team from the charity arrived in the devastated village in Sudan’s Jebel Marra region.Torrential rains had …

‘Tears and pain’ after deadly Sudan landslideSat, 06 Sep 2025 13:53:21 GMT Read More »

New Zealand scored two early tries and kept an error-prone South Africa at bay to win a rugged arm-wrestle 24-17 Saturday and extend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park to 51 matches.All Blacks back-rower Ardie Savea won a decisive turnover in the dying minutes of his 100th Test to halt a late attack and ensure …

‘Gutsy’ All Blacks beat Springboks to extend Eden Park recordSat, 06 Sep 2025 10:36:26 GMT Read More »

Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the WHO said Friday, following a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries.The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of internation concern (PHEIC) in August 2024 after a two-pronged mpox epidemic broke out, primarily in …

WHO chief lifts global mpox emergencyFri, 05 Sep 2025 16:45:20 GMT Read More »

Security was tightened on Friday in Guinea’s capital Conakry following a call to protest against an upcoming constitutional referendum, AFP journalists reported.Guinea’s opposition alliance Living Forces of Guinea (FVG) claims the vote, due to take place on September 21, is junta chief General Mamady Doumbouya’s way of tightening his grip on power.Military leaders have framed …

Security tightened in Guinea after opposition protest callsFri, 05 Sep 2025 14:07:40 GMT Read More »

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan has committed numerous crimes against humanity in Sudan’s civil war, in particular in its siege of El-Fasher in western Darfur, UN investigators said Friday.The United Nations’ fact-finding mission for Sudan also found evidence of war crimes by both sides in the conflict between the regular army and the …

Sudan’s RSF commits ‘myriad crimes against humanity’: UN probeFri, 05 Sep 2025 13:11:03 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Nile, being inaugurated on Tuesday, is expected to provide a huge boost to the economy and double electricity production in a country where nearly half the population lacks power. – Megastructure -The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is touted as the largest hydroelectric facility in Africa. The $4-billion megastructure stretches nearly two kilometres …

Ethiopia’s multi-billion-dollar dam promises economic boostFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:53:00 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project being inaugurated Tuesday, promises an “energy revolution” for the country but has been a source of deep tensions with neighbouring Egypt for more than a decade.For Ethiopia, the dam is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart …

Ethiopia’s megadam: energy revolution and diplomatic crisisFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:52:44 GMT Read More »

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.While present across wider west Africa, the powerful Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, known by its Arabic acronym JNIM, represents the greatest threat to the …

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali juntaFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:26:10 GMT Read More »

Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa with a population of about 525,000, stayed on track for a first World Cup appearance by winning 2-0 in Mauritius on Thursday.Portugal-based Jovane Cabral scored after 22 minutes in the village of Saint-Pierre and Diney Borges, who plays for a United Arab Emirates club, …

Cape Verde islanders win to stay on course for World Cup debutThu, 04 Sep 2025 21:18:00 GMT Read More »

Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan’s Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on Thursday.The disaster struck the village of Tarasin, located high in the Jebel Marra range, on Sunday following one of the worst downpours of Sudan’s rainy season, which peaks in August.Up …

Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslideThu, 04 Sep 2025 16:13:44 GMT Read More »