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Donald Trump accused election rival Joe Biden Thursday of siding with Hamas when he threatened to stop sending US weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, calling the president’s stance “disgraceful.”Biden warned Wednesday of halting weapons supplies if Israel pushes ahead with its long-threatened Rafah ground offensive, his …

Trump accuses Biden of siding with HamasThu, 09 May 2024 17:51:01 GMT Read More »

Chad’s presidential election results will be released later on Thursday, officials said in a surprise announcement, nearly two weeks earlier than scheduled.It follows Monday’s vote which aims to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert region.The two main rivals are junta leader Mahamat …

Chad election results to be announced ahead of scheduleThu, 09 May 2024 17:17:06 GMT Read More »

A Boeing passenger plane came off the runway during takeoff from Dakar international airport early Thursday, injuring 11 people and shutting the hub for hours, its operator said.The Air Senegal flight was bound for the Malian capital Bamako and had 78 passengers on board, plus a crew of six including two pilots, airport management company …

Boeing passenger plane exits runway in Senegal injuring 11Thu, 09 May 2024 16:36:49 GMT Read More »

Rescuers in South Africa said Thursday there was a glimmer of hope that more survivors could be found in the basement of a collapsed building days after it came crashing down, killing eight people. Dozens of people were still unaccounted for, more than 72 hours after rescue services started combing through the debris in the southern …

S.Africa rescuers set hopes on collapsed building’s basementThu, 09 May 2024 14:42:47 GMT Read More »

A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC has issued orders in the past week saying charities will have their planes seized if they carry out “search and rescue” activities from airports …

Charity warns Italy’s ban on NGO planes risks livesThu, 09 May 2024 12:34:36 GMT Read More »

Sudanese shop owner Ishaq Mohammed has been trapped in his home for a month, sheltering from violence in El-Fasher, the last major city in the country’s vast Darfur region not under paramilitary control.For more than a year, Sudan has suffered a war between the army, headed by the country’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, …

‘Constant terror’ in key Darfur city as fighting closes inThu, 09 May 2024 02:18:42 GMT Read More »

Rescuers raced against time to find more survivors amid the rubble of a deadly building collapse in South Africa on Wednesday, as search operations entered their third day.Dozens of people were still unaccounted for, more than 50 hours after rescue services started combing through the debris in the southern city of George.At least eight people …

Hope dwindles in S.Africa two days after deadly building collapseWed, 08 May 2024 19:33:26 GMT Read More »

M23 rebels have bombed a village in DR Congo’s South Kivu province killing seven people and wounding six more, local officials said Wednesday.The Tutsi-led rebels have seized swathes of neighbouring North Kivu over the last two years but now appear to be extending their operations in the neighbouring province in the east of the Democratic …

Seven villagers die in DR Congo attack blamed on rebelsWed, 08 May 2024 19:03:41 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care.”After long and painstaking negotiations that ran into the wee hours of the night for many days… we have signed a return to work formula …

Kenya inks deal to end doctors’ strikeWed, 08 May 2024 16:46:43 GMT Read More »

“Where are we supposed to go?” implored Catherine Masai as she watched a bulldozer tear down shanty houses on the banks of a muddy river in a sprawling Nairobi slum.Weeks of rains and floods have caused a trail of destruction across Kenya and cost almost 260 lives, prompting the government to order the evacuation of …

‘Where can we go?’ flood-stricken Kenyans plead as homes destroyedWed, 08 May 2024 15:27:46 GMT Read More »