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Last updated: 5 hours ago Chileans dressed in costume for the Zombie Walk in the capital Santiago. It contrasts with the lively demonstrations that usually occur in the same location, where police use water cannons on protesters. During this march those portraying survivors sprayed the “undead” with harmless water guns. Participants dragged their feet through the street to Almagro Park… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago The mayor’s office in a key eastern Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists was struck by rockets, Russian state agencies reported. According to the separatist authorities, four people were injured. According to RIA Novosti, the municipal building in Donetsk was “seriously damaged” by the attack, which local separatist authorities blamed on Ukraine. Kremlin-backed separatist authorities… Read More

Angolan President Joao Lourenço deliverered his first speech before the National Assembly since his re-election admitting to devoting all his strength and attention to the search for the best conditions for the population. The speech comes a few weeks after his re-election for his second term. “I will devote all my strength and attention to finding the best conditions for… Read More

Aid organizations and the United Nations are calling for urgent famine relief for East Africa – as the people of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia confront their worst drought for 40 years. Oxfam says food shortages are likely to cause one death every 36 seconds until the end of the year – while the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says… Read More

Ethiopia has ordered banks to deny foreign currency to businesses importing non-priority goods, in an effort to shore up dwindling foreign reserves in one of Africa’s major economies. The move effectively freezes the import of dozens of items such as alcohol and cars, as businesses must register with banks to obtain the foreign currency needed to bring goods into the… Read More

A young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso was on Friday “unanimously” named interim president until elections are held in July 2024, two members of the ruling junta told AFP. Captain Ibrahim Traore, 34, led disgruntled junior officers in the second coup in eight months to hit the jihadist-torn west African country. Some 300 delegates from… Read More

Along the waters of the Niger river, on the border between Niger and Benin, fishermen have been able to go about their business without the fear of jihadi violence which has plagued the rest of the country for many years. But in September, armed men attacked a border post in Malanville in the north-east of the country.  In Gaya, a… Read More

Last updated: 15 hours ago The families and comrades of Ukrainian servicemen killed in battle gathered at a cemetery outside the eastern city of Kharkiv on Friday for a ceremony honouring defenders of the nation. During the ceremony, an Orthodox priest prayed for the dead as mourning families and servicemen stood in silence by their graves. Five soldiers with rifles… Read More

Last updated: 10 hours ago Tunisian mourners clashed with security forces on Friday after the death of a young man from injuries sustained during a police chase a month ago. Protestors threw rocks at security forces after Malek Sellimi’s funeral in the working-class neighbourhood of Upper Omran on the edges of Tunis, according to videos shared widely online. More than… Read More

About 500 people are believed to have died in Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade with a further 1.4 million people displaced from their homes. The heavy downfalls have hit huge swathes of the country and affected people in all walks of life. Jude Ekene-Ane is a moto-taxi driver whose business has been badly damaged by the situation  “As a… Read More