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France races to find survivors in cyclone-hit MayotteThu, 19 Dec 2024 00:17:12 GMT
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, …
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Ghana’s Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ lawWed, 18 Dec 2024 22:27:35 GMT
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 …
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Mayotte hospital on life support after cycloneWed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:40 GMT
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 …
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France counts cyclone cost as aid reaches MayotteWed, 18 Dec 2024 18:08:17 GMT
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 …
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Devastated Mayotte battles to recover from cyclone ‘steamroller’Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:54:07 GMT
The district of La Vigie on the French overseas territory of Mayotte was until last week a bustling hub of life. Now it no longer exists.All that remains after Cyclone Chido rammed into Mayotte at the weekend, leaving devastation unprecedented in the last century in its wake, are ravaged hills, piles of tangled sheet metal …
France assesses scale of Mayotte ‘disaster’ as aid arrivesWed, 18 Dec 2024 10:17:48 GMT
French authorities Wednesday searched for survivors and raced to supply aid as they sought to assess the full scale of devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, after the French overseas territory emerged from a first night under curfew. French President Emmanuel Macron “will be in Mayotte on Thursday”, his office …
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Floor-length and horns: Namibia’s Herero dress enduresWed, 18 Dec 2024 06:57:24 GMT
From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia’s leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people’s traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to German colonisers accused of genocide.McBright Kavari’s sewing room is piled high with seemingly ordinary fabric that he transforms with labour and skill into elegant and …
Floor-length and horns: Namibia’s Herero dress enduresWed, 18 Dec 2024 06:57:24 GMT Read More »
Somalia struggles to rid itself of plastic despite banWed, 18 Dec 2024 06:51:21 GMT
Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. It follows similar plastic bans in other east African countries including Kenya and Tanzania.But brightly-coloured polythene still dominates in the markets and shops of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.Long bedevilled by conflict, …
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Vote or boycott? Rival campaigns hit Chad’s streets ahead of pollsWed, 18 Dec 2024 06:49:14 GMT
Shouting “Boycott!”, women in T-shirts emblazoned with the red cross logo of a Chadian opposition coalition urged shoppers in the capital’s markets to snub this month’s parliamentary and local elections.”Don’t take part in this masquerade!” the campaigners for the Political Actors’ Consultation Group (GCAP) called out ahead of the December 29 polls, the first since 2011 …