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Egyptian motorists drove through flooded streets on Thursday (Jan. 12), as heavy rain hit areas of Alexandria city early in the morning. The city’s sewage company deployed pumping vehicles; and workers were opening drains across the city in an attempt to lower the water levels. More rain is expected in the coming days, with the weather due to clear up… Read More

Earth’s fever persisted last year. It didn’t spike to a record high, but 2022 still made it to the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that 2022’s global average temperature was 14.76 degrees Celsius (58.55 degrees Fahrenheit), ranking sixth hottest on record. NOAA doesn’t include the polar… Read More

Kinshasa accused Rwanda of using refugees for political purposes on Wednesday, after its neighbour said it would no longer take in people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that his country “cannot keep hosting refugees” — stoking already high tensions between the two countries. The spokesman for the Congolese government said the… Read More

The United States announced Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for a man described as the “terror mastermind” of a bloody hotel attack in Kenya four years ago. It said it is seeking information on Mohamoud Abdi Aden, describing him as a leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab jihadist group that has carried out several deadly… Read More

The Senegalese justice system has for the first time placed two defendants under electronic bracelets instead of sending them to prison, thus inaugurating the device set up to decongest the places of detention, one learns Thursday from the Ministry of Justice. Two defendants were placed under electronic bracelets Wednesday by the court of Pikine-Guédiawaye (a suburb of Dakar), said to… Read More

The viral video showing soldiers throwing dead bodies onto a pile of burning household items in northern Mozambique gives just “a glimpse of what is happening far away” from view in this “forgotten war,” Amnesty said Thursday. It is the “latest evidence of atrocities committed” in the province of Cabo Delgado, which has been plagued by violence from armed jihadist… Read More

A key figure in post-electoral violence that shook Ivory Coast in 2011, dubbed the “general of the street” for his ability to muster a crowd, Ble Goude flew back in late November after more than eight years. He and Gbagbo were acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in March 2021 for crimes arising from the conflict. Ble Goude has… Read More

Nigerians were racing against time on Wednesday as the final deadline for the collection of their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) edged closer ahead of presidential and national assembly elections. The PVC acts as identification to vote in the upcoming general elections. Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, released a window in December for the last phase of collection… Read More

The Moroccan and Spanish governments are expected to hold a joint summit on February 1 and 2 in Rabat, nearly a year after the reconciliation of the two countries, the Spanish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. “Spain and Morocco have decided that the 12th high-level meeting will take place on February 1 and 2 in Rabat,” he said in a… Read More

The Morocco national team and Paris Saint Germain right back Ashraf Hakimi has had a stadium named after him in his hometown of Ksar el-Kebir, located in northwestern Morocco. The Achraf Hakimi Stadium got a name change to honour the country’s FIFA World Cup heroes. Hakimi was met with a huge crowd when he landed before appearing at the stadium.… Read More