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When Mohamed Lafi vanished at sea one fateful night, it marked yet another tragedy for a Tunisian town struggling with the exodus of its youth.Mohamed’s disappearance adds to the deepening despair in El Hencha, situated just 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the Italian island of Lampedusa.His sister, Ines, stayed behind, confronting the harsh reality that …

Tunisian town gripped by youth exodusSun, 05 May 2024 01:17:36 GMT Read More »

Beaches were deserted and many shops closed on Saturday as heavy rains and winds from a tropical cyclone buffeted coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya. Both countries have gone on alert for Tropical Cyclone Hidaya, after weeks of torrential rains and floods that have wreaked havoc in many parts of East Africa and claimed more than …

Cyclone bears down on flood-hit Kenya, TanzaniaSat, 04 May 2024 15:23:18 GMT Read More »

The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as “absurd” by Kigali on Saturday.At least nine people were killed in blasts on Friday in the camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma, local …

US blames Rwanda for deadly attack on displaced camp in DR CongoSat, 04 May 2024 13:42:12 GMT Read More »

Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania were buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, adding to the chaos caused by deadly floods that have ravaged the region.More than 400 people have lost their lives across East Africa and tens of thousands have been uprooted from their homes in recent …

Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania buffeted by tropical cycloneSat, 04 May 2024 09:39:40 GMT Read More »

French prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating oil giant TotalEnergies for possible involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2021 jihadist attack in Mozambique that killed hundreds.The probe follows a legal complaint brought by victims’ families and attack survivors, accusing the French energy company, which was developing a major liquefied gas project in the region, of …

France probes TotalEnergies over 2021 Mozambique attackSat, 04 May 2024 09:31:49 GMT Read More »

Kenya and Tanzania were on alert on Saturday for a cyclone heading towards their Indian Ocean coastlines, threatening to pile on more misery after deadly floods that have ravaged the region.About 400 people have lost their lives in East Africa and tens of thousands have been uprooted from their homes in recent weeks as torrential …

Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania on alert as cyclone nearsSat, 04 May 2024 06:57:00 GMT Read More »

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-torn east on Friday handed a death sentence to eight soldiers, including five officers, for desertion and cowardice when fighting M23 rebels.Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against 11 soldiers on trial in the same case, but the Goma court acquitted three of them, ruling that …

Eight DR Congo troops handed desertion death sentenceFri, 03 May 2024 18:58:19 GMT Read More »

The UK government has told the High Court in London that it expects the first deportation flights to Rwanda to take off between July 1 and July 15, a judge said on Friday.Judge Martin Chamberlain disclosed the dates as he set a hearing for a forthcoming legal challenge to the controversial policy by the FDA …

UK pencils in early July for first Rwanda deportationsFri, 03 May 2024 16:34:44 GMT Read More »

About 1,000 refugees have fled a UN-run camp in northern Ethiopia after reports of armed robbery, shootings and alleged abductions, the United Nations said on Friday.The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR said the refugees, from war-torn Sudan and also Eritrea, left the Awlala settlement in the Amhara region earlier this week “primarily because they did not …

1,000 refugees flee Ethiopia camp over security: UNFri, 03 May 2024 16:20:04 GMT Read More »

Blasts killed at least nine people Friday in a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Goma in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said.”Bombs” fell on huts housing displaced people, according to witnesses, in the central African country’s eastern region, which has seen ongoing fighting between M23 (March 23 movement) rebels …

Blasts kill nine in camp for displaced in east DR CongoFri, 03 May 2024 13:37:41 GMT Read More »