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Africa

Algerian opposition candidates legally challenge provisional results of presidential polls

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Algerian law provides the court 10 days from the announcement of provisional election results to rule on the appeals. A verdict could require the election authority to recalculate each candidate’s totals without calling into question Tebboune’s victory.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Cameroon: Former Prime Minister Yang chairs UN Assembly

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

“I will therefore urge the Assembly to intensify its determination to prioritize the resolution of conflicts, including the intractable conflicts in the Gaza Strip, Haiti and Ukraine, as well as to find lasting solutions to the situation in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in Africa ,”Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Mpox: UNHCR launches $21.4 million appeal to support refugees in African countries

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterUN Africa News

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by the mpox emergency. UN Africa News Read More

Africa

Mpox: the DRC receives 50,000 vaccines from the USA

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Congolese authorities said that 50,000 doses of smallpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European UnioSourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against Adani deal

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Kenya Airport Workers Union, in announcing the strike, said that the deal would lead to job losses and “inferior terms and conditions of service” for those who will remain.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Europe

Security Council: UN calls for safe, unimpeded passage of aid to Ukraine

September 11, 2024 Village ReporterEurope News

The Security Council in New York on Tuesday debated the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have targeted multiple cities across Ukraine in recent days. The acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told ambassadors that the human suffering during Russia’s on-going invasion “continues at intolerable levels”. UN News app users can follow our coverage here. Source UN News Read More

Africa

Apple embraces the AI craze with its new iPhone 16 lineup

September 10, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineupSourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

4 Migrants dead, others missing after boat capsizes off Senegal

September 10, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing, local authorities said on Monday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Europe

WFP continues to support millions amid ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine

September 10, 2024 Village ReporterEurope News

Nearly 50 million people in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe are not getting enough to eat, or double the number from before the Arab Spring over a decade ago, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday in New York. Source UN News Read More

Africa

47 inmates escape from a prison in Liberia

September 10, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

The country’s national police have also deployed additional officers to assist in the search for the fugitives, the ministry said.Sourced from Africanews Read More