The number of people killed in floods in Kenya due to heavier than usual rainfall since the monsoon began in March has risen to 70, with nearly half the deaths in Nairobi, the government said Friday.Kenya and other countries in East Africa — a region highly vulnerable to climate change — have been pounded by …
Kenya flood death toll since March climbs to 70Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:45:49 GMT Read More »
Herds of endangered hippos stuck in the mud of dried-up ponds are in danger of dying in drought-struck Botswana, conservation authorities told AFP Friday.Southern Africa has been affected by severe drought, caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has threatened harvests and plunged millions into hunger. Several countries in the region have recently declared …
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report accusing the army of attacks on civilians in its battle against jihadists.The British and US broadcasters are the latest international media organisations to be targeted since Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in the West African …
Armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa have little difficulty getting their hands on portable surface-to-air missiles despite a campaign to prevent their proliferation, according to a report published Friday.Shoulder-fired missiles — also known as man-portable air-defence systems, or MANPADS — in the hands of militants are seen as a threat because of …
“Done!” — the catchphrase punctuating former rugby player Dennis Ombachi’s cooking videos is as famous as the balcony of the Nairobi apartment where he films himself in action. A former Rugby Sevens international, Ombachi reinvented himself to become a social media star with a global fanbase in just a few years.He has 2.3 million followers on …
Bayer Leverkusen and Nigeria striker Victor Boniface said Xabi Alonso has a particular advantage over other coaches on the training pitch.”Imagine you’re training and your coach is doing better than you,” Boniface told AFP in an interview. “Then you want to step up your game.”For him to be involved in training gives us a boost,” Boniface …
When Togo’s lawmakers passed a new constitution this month, opposition leaders quickly rejected the reform as another ploy by President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his family’s more than five-decade grip on power.The amended constitution creates a new role of president of the council of ministers, a position critics say is tailor-made for Gnassingbe to avoid …
Togo leader Gnassingbe follows father’s political playbookFri, 26 Apr 2024 05:41:02 GMT Read More »
A year of devastating war in Sudan has driven hundreds of farmers from their once-bountiful lands, imperilling harvests and heightening the risk of famine, the United Nations has warned.”We’ve been displaced with no prospect of returning,” lamented Saleh Abdel Majid, a farmer from Al-Jazira state.But even for those who remained on their land, the challenges …
They can’t bring back their children, siblings or partners, but five years on, the families of the 2019 Boeing crash victims want to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again.”We’ve got French people, Canadians, Americans, Irish, British, we’re all there together and we’re fighting for something together,” Naoise Ryan, holding a photo of her late …
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.The DRC’s lawyers have sent Apple a formal notice seen by AFP, effectively warning the tech giant that it could face legal action if …
