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Last updated: 14 hours ago A group of French police officers watched dozens of migrants boarding a dinghy on Friday to get across the Channel to Britain, footage by British broadcaster Sky showed. This time, however, unlike in most similar attempts which take place in the dead of night, the crossing happened in stark daylight. The migrants, who were said… Read More

Residents in the town of Beni (in North Kivu province) are concerned about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus after the death of a three-year-old boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, five months after the African nation’s outbreak of the disease was proclaimed terminated. “The case concerns a three-year-old boy who was hospitalised and died on October 6,”… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago The volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands continued spewing lava Saturday morning, following almost three weeks of constant eruption. Officials said the molten rock from the crater is now flowing down a so-called lava tube beneath earlier, hardened lava, straight into the sea. The lava tube has eased fears it… Read More

32 victims including eight children have been identified through preliminary investigations on the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse allegations concerning the Gabonese contingent in the Central African Republic under the UN flag. The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric announced that the national investigation is now underway jointly with the UN’s office of internal oversight services, and with the support of… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago New York Comic Con has returned following a virtual event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fans were back Friday (08 OCT. 2021) at the Jacob Javits Center for the comic book culture festival. Special COVID protocols were put in place: Attendees 12 and over must be fully vaccinated and children 11 and under… Read More

A treasure trove of Cuban Danzon music has been rescued by a group of the 19th century musical genre’s lovers in Matanzas, Cuba. Musician and band leader Ethiel Faílde, the great-great-nephew of Miguel Faílde, the creator of Cuba’s national dance, worked alongside historical researchers and musicologists to find and restore 16 pieces for future generations. Among those items discovered in… Read More

Last updated: 58 minutes ago Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said on Friday he did not welcome a new probe into the wrongdoings by a mining project owned by his family and located in an environmentally rich area. The decision of the prosecutor’s office to open an investigation follows new revelations about the Dominga mine in the Pandora Papers leak that… Read More

Seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines have been administrated among Nigeria’s of 206 million poupulation. Alhaji Lubisalah, a religious leader welcomed the efforts made by the government to combat the virus but said the authorities should pay more attention to the continent’s battle against malaria, which he said was killing more people than COVID-19. At Kuje Mosque in Abuja,… Read More

Six migrants were killed after shooting broke out by Libyan guards at an overcrowded Tripoli detention facility on Friday. Images show migrants boarding a bus after being detained by the local security forces following an escape attempt from the facility. Details of what triggered the incident are unknown according the International Organization for Migration (IOM), adding that at least 20… Read More

Addressing lawmakers a day after he named a new government, the king urged them to focus on “consolidating Morocco’s standing and the defence of its supreme interests, especially in a context charged with challenges, risks and threats”. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI urged the country’s new parliament on Friday to defend the country’s sovereignty and “stand up to external threats” amid… Read More