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According to a latest report published Thursday evening, le cyclone Freddy killed 73 people in Mozambique, 17 in Madagascar and now 326 in Malawi, the worst-hit country which also has more than 180,000 displaced people.
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Forces controlling eastern Libya said on Thursday they had found the two and a half tons of uranium which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had reported missing, indicating that the uranium was only five kilometers from the warehouse in the south of the country in which it was stored.
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Gabonese Minister of Transport, Brice Paillat, resigned on Thursday, a week following the sinking of a small ferry which left at least 21 dead and 16 missing according to a still provisional report, announced the presidency.
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Au Burkina Fasoeighteen civilians including two Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP, army auxiliaries) were killed Monday in three terrorist attacks in the center-east and north of Burkina Faso.
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In Tunisia, a new Parliament with very limited prerogatives and resulting from shunned elections was inaugurated on Monday, 20 months following the dismantling of the former assembly by President Kaïs Saïed to establish a hyper-presidentialist system.
In Ethiopia, Antony Blinken will have to deploy a “schizophrenic diplomacy”
The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, went this week to Africa, in particular to Ethiopia, where he was to blow hot and cold with the government from which he expects concrete actions concerning the conflict in Tigray. He then flew to Niger to discuss security in the Sahel. Two visits with very different challenges which nevertheless had one thing in common: to compete with the increased presence of China and Russia on the continent.
In Senegal, the lawsuit brought once morest the opponent Ousmane Sonko by the Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang, a leader of the presidential party, was marred Thursday by clashes and incidents between young people and security forces in several districts of the capital. The story of Sarah Sakho, France 24 correspondent in Dakar.
Energy crisis in South Africa : in Johannesburg, homeless people make traffic
Johannesburg, like the whole of South Africa, has been hit by repeated power cuts for several months. Consequence: on the road, the traffic lights are very often faulty or extinguished. In the capital, young men in yellow vests invite themselves daily to the middle of the biggest intersections, waving their arms to direct traffic. Most are homeless and unemployed.
Learn regarding the history and culture of the African continent in a fun way with Wari Wari, acquire knowledge of financial management thanks to Wetchi or, even better, get to know your work colleagues with Ligeeye. These are the games created by Cissé Diambissy, “serial” entrepreneur and designer of board games. His latest creation, Nyo Far, which means “to go further” in Wolof, encourages players to train their neurons while playing sports.
In Nigeria, the term “japa” means “to run” or “to flee” in Yoruba. In recent years, it has become fashionable as a growing number of Nigerians, often young and educated, are looking to move abroad. The only way, according to them, to escape unemployment, inflation and low wages in the country. But faced with this “brain drain”, some who have already tried the adventure warn: the grass is not always greener elsewhere.
