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People in Tunisia on Monday scrambled to find ways to call off as temperatures soared abouve 50 degrees celsius. Summer temperatures normally peak at 45 degrees in summer in the north African country. The searing heat caused power cuts as demand outstretched supply. “I have a doctor’s appointment, that’s why I’m outside. I went out with my water bottle, but… Read More

A mission of the African Union (AU) is in Burkina Faso led by a regime resulting from a coup d’etat, to assess the situation of a country undermined by jihadist violence and suspended from the pan-African organization, noted Sunday an AFP journalist. Arrived Saturday evening in Ouagadougou, this delegation of the AU Peace and Security Council, 31 members strong and… Read More

A Congolese army soldier killed at least 14 people, including at least 10 children, with firearms on Saturday in Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we learned on Sunday from concordant sources. This naval force soldier could not bear that his child was buried in his absence, the day before his arrival in the village of… Read More

Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday (Jul. 23) evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to “technical” reasons, the army said, as the war in the east African country entered its 100th day. In Port Sudan, on the east coast largely spared by the war, the army said a child had survived the crash of an… Read More

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated on Saturday to project the Climate Clock, showing how little time the world hasleftto slow global warming sufficiently to avert disaster. Brazil’s most iconic monument was illuminated to show the clock tick over from 6 years, 0 days, 00:00 hours to 5 years, 364 days, 23:59.59 hours. The 2015 Paris Agreement… Read More

A Libyan city was flooded on Thursday when a water pipe burst. The water pipe in Ajdabiya is part of the Great Man-made River (GMR), a network of underground pipelines and aqueducts that bring fresh water from ancient underground aquifers in the Sahara to the coast of Libya. Salah Al-Saadi, spokesman for the Man-made River Project Implementation and Management Authority,… Read More

In Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, the thousands of new Somali refugees are struggling as food insecurity worsens. As Somali suffers its worst drought in years, Somali refugees have fled over the border to Kenya. In recent months, 135,000 have arrived at Dadaab, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, located 90 kilometres from the Somali border.  The camp is home… Read More

Around twenty countries from around the world have applied to join the BRICS group, which currently consists of five nations, and an equal number of other countries have expressed an interest, South Africa, which is hosting its next summit, said on Thursday. The BRICS group (South Africa, Brazil, China, India and Russia), which aims to carry more weight in international… Read More

Demonstrations have taken place in the streets of Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, against legislation to make same-sex relations legal. Mostly religious groups marched across the city to voice their opposition to a bill aiming to comply with a 2019 court ruling in favour of LGBTQ rights. Botswana’s High Court in 2019 ruled in favour of campaigners seeking to strike down jail… Read More

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was released from prison after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi insists he will continue to work in the field of human rights. The case of Patrick George Zaki, a student at the University of Bologna, was championed by Italy’s government and his release marks the end of a three-year ordeal. Zaki explained his short-term… Read More