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Former Newcastle winger Christian Atsu is still missing 9 days after an earthquake in Turkey, with his agent appealing for more resources to aid rescue efforts. While two pairs of Atsu’s shoes were found in the rubble, the player himself remains missing as the search for him continues, Nana Sechere said. The Ghana international was declared missing a day after… Read More

Covered in golden glitter, Brazilian domestic worker Vera Lucia da Silva is bursting to be back parading through Rio de Janeiro in a carnival street party, after a three-year hiatus for Covid-19. This year marks the full comeback of the world’s biggest carnival, after Rio hosted a watered-down version in 2022 — postponed by two months because of the pandemic,… Read More

Eight Croatians – four married couples – accused of child trafficking in Zambia have been granted bail of about $1,000 each. A magistrate in the Ndola court, central Zambia, said Tuesday (Feb. 14) the suspects posed no flight risk as Zambian officials hold their passports. The accused allegedly attempted to traffic four children from neighbouring DR Congo on December 7… Read More

The UN Secretary-General warned Tuesday that global warming could force a mass exodus “on a biblical scale” as people flee low-lying communities and called for legal frameworks to be implemented in preparation, especially for refugees. “The danger is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in coastal zones at low elevations — that’s one out of ten people… Read More

M23 rebels have sown chaos in the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo for over a year, but what they hope to achieve remains unclear. Since late 2021, the group has seized swathes of territory in North Kivu province and neared the regional hub of Goma, prompting hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. “We want a direct… Read More

Liverpool, struggling in the league, revived on Monday by winning the traditional Mersey derby 2-0 against Everton, their first Premier League success of 2023 after four consecutive outings without a win. These three points acquired thanks to goals from Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo, bring the Reds back to ninth place. champions. Everton remains 18th and relegated. In front of… Read More

Residents of the Ivorian village of Kpo-Kahankro are in shock. In the past two months, over 15 mysterious deaths have plunged the entire community into despair. Dorothée Ahou Kouamé has lost her 3-year-old granddaughter. Authorities say they have found traces of a deadly bacterium on the deceased. “At present, the body is still in the morgue. The burial has not… Read More

Senegal has sent a 30-member search and rescue team to Turkey to support disaster relief efforts after a devastating quake, which has been described as the “disaster of the century”. The men belonging to the Senegalese Fire Brigade departed from Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport on Monday. The team will land in Adana before proceeding to the disaster area. The… Read More

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has accused the US of supporting Tigrayan rebels during the recently concluded civil war in northern Ethiopia. President Afwerki was speaking during a Sunday interview with local media where he claimed that the peace deal signed between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) was rushed by the US to prevent the rebels from losing… Read More

A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a press association, a case criticised by human rights activists and media groups. The conviction of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is “a clear travesty of justice,” the president of the Somali Journalists’ Union (SJS) said on Twitter, promising to… Read More