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“Time is running out” for thousands of people in Somalia as a historic drought is ravaging the country, according to a climate expert. The wider Horn of Africa has had four consecutive failed rainy seasons, a first in over four decades. A fifth rainy season, due to start in the coming days, will likely fail as well, warned Guleid Artan,… Read More

The British government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda faces a legal challenge in the High Court this Monday. Human rights groups and labour unions filed a number of lawsuits arguing the policy is both illegal and immoral. The lawsuits forced former prime minister Boris Johnson to cancel the first planned deportation in mid-June. Johnson’s successor, former foreign secretary, Liz… Read More

At least two people were killed and more were trapped on Sunday after a seven-story unfinished building collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, rescue authorities said. Building collapses are common in Africa’s most populous nation where many reside in dilapidated structures and construction safety regulations are often ignored. The seven-story building collapsed in a commercial area of Lagos, with the… Read More

At least three persons have died from floods caused by heavy rains in the Senegalese capital Dakar. The tragedy took place Saturday in Cambéréne 2, more precisely in Yeumbeul North, in the department of Keur Massar, Dakar. Commmiserating with the victims, President Macky Sall said a delegation was dispatched to the families of the three people swept away by the… Read More

A billion dollar project to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth, the Nigerian region of Ogoniland, has been described by the UN as incompetent, wasteful and lacking transparency. The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell is partly funding the clean-up after leaving Ogoniland in the 1990’s following complaints of leaking pipelines. For decades oil has continued to leak… Read More

The laboratory ship of the Tara Océan Foundation has arrived in Senegal, the last stop in the Microbiomes mission. Microbiomes are microorganisms in the ocean that are the first links in the food chain, essential for capturing carbon emissions. For the first time, scientists took samples along the West African coast in order to better understand the microbiome of this… Read More

The UN envoy to Western Sahara met on Saturday with representatives of the Polisario Front in Algeria. Algerian-backed Polisario Front wants an independent state in the Western Sahara region, rich in minerals, which Morocco claims as part of its own territory. Staffan de Mistura met with the Polisario Front’s main negotiator and the movement’s permanent representative at the UN. “We… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Members of the royal family including Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, attend the Braemar Gathering in Scotland. This year, Queen Elizabeth II was absent from the traditional highlight of her summer trip, because of persistent health worries, according to British media. The event, which is always held on the first… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Residents in the southern city of Mykolaiv, near the frontline, start to clean-up after Russian shelling during the night damaged several buildings including a medical clinic, a teaching institute and a hotel. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago More than 1,200 rowers embarked on the Seine at dawn for a rowing trip from the Sèvres Bridge (Hauts-de-Seine). Dutch, Spanish, Norman or even from the Ile-de-France, the 242 crews discover the Parisian monuments from a new perspective. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More