Air raids, shootings and explosions in Khartoum, Sudan on the verge of a “humanitarian catastrophe”

2023-05-01 21:17:20

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Air raids, gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum once more on Monday, despite the announcement of a truce in fighting between the army and paramilitaries that has brought Sudan to the brink of a humanitarian and health “catastrophe”, according to the UN. “More than 800,000 people” might flee the deadly fighting in Sudan, warned Monday the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

This is the concern in Senegal following the death this weekend of a skater expected from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. A virus that causes outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fever. The situation is being monitored very closely by the health authorities. Elimane Ndao’s details in Dakar.

Also in Senegal, opponent Ousmane Sonko reiterated this followingnoon that he was the victim of an assassination attempt on March 16, when he was going to court in Dakar. He was summoned there in a defamation lawsuit once morest the Senegalese Minister of Justice. The opponent says he had the liquid that the police had sprayed on him analyzed by a laboratory in France. According to him, the results confirm the presence of dangerous particles.

In Togo it is the 2nd edition of the Festival de la Marmite, an international gastronomy festival in Lomé. The event started a few days ago and continues until May 7th. Fesma’s objective is to promote African flavors and traditions through the continent’s culinary riches. Togo, renowned for its varied cuisine, aims, with this festival, to become the meeting place for African cuisines and gastronomy on the continent. Listen to Olivia de SOUZA, chef and Godmother of FESMA at the microphone of our correspondent Emmanuel Sodji.

In this edition we will take stock of FEMUA, the biggest meeting place for urban music in Africa After 4 days of celebration, the Femua has closed its doors. It brought together nearly 100,000 people at the various sites in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Editor: Célia Caracena

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