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The pandemic has made the world more vulnerable to food insecurity, this is the message left by the director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO. Qu Dongyu added that the effects of the pandemic had pushed the aim of ending world hunger by 2030 further down the road. “You name it, Yemen, Afghanistan now, Syria, Sudan, and some… Read More

Last updated: 34 minutes ago French President Emmanuel Macron, who has his eye firmly on the goal of elections next year, donned his football boots and marshalled the midfield at a charity match on Thursday. After a kiss from his wife Brigitte, the 43-year-old was all smiles as he took to the pitch in Poissy outside Paris alongside former international… Read More

The trial in the case of the assassination of human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana in June 2010 in Kinshasa took another twist on Wednesday when one of the accused confessed to the two murders. The former Lieutenant Jacques Mugabo confessed on Wednesday that he directly orchestrated the two murders with the help of other security members led… Read More

As health officials across Africa urge women to get COVID-19 vaccines, they’ve confronted hesitancy among those of childbearing age. In Gambia, many women begin their day at dawn by starting a fire to cook breakfast. Lucy Jarju, a seasonal oyster harvester, makes her way with others to the river after morning chores. They spend hours paddling small boats in the… Read More

The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement says that fighting with Morocco will continue between a long wall cutting through Africa’s vast desert until the international community delivers on an unfulfilled promise of self-determination for the Sahrawi people. The United Nations considers Western Sahara as Africa’s last territory to be decolonized, but its envoys have failed to set the… Read More

The “Conakry Express” train, which connects the Guinean capital to its suburbs with thousands of people transported per day, resumed its rotations this week after ten months of stop, according to a journalist of the AFP and the national railway company. Thousands of people had boarded the train on Wednesday morning at its departure in a suburban district, in the… Read More

Last updated: 11 hours ago A major Southern California highway remained closed Wednesday and evacuation orders were in place from a growing blaze driven by intense winds that raised the risk of wildfires in much of the state. More than 200 firefighters battled the Alisal Fire, which covered 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) along coastal Santa Barbara County and… Read More

Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected a ruling by the UN’s top court which allows Somalia take control of most of a potentially oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean. The ruling on Tuesday comes after a dispute between the two countries over the issue. “While Kenya is not surprised by the decision, it is profoundly concerned by the… Read More

Last updated: 38 minutes ago Around 800 residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a lava flow on La Palma island advances. Belongings from schools, business and residencies were being hastily put in the back of vans as people were told that they had just a few hours to leave the La Laguna area of the island. School… Read More

Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, has died. The country’s track federation announced on Wednesday. The 25 year old athlete been found dead at her home in Iten in western kenya a town renowned as a training base for distance runners. Athletics Kenya said it was still working to uncover details of the incident but it… Read More