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Rescue workers have been clearing debris to try to find survivors
Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone
MAMOUDZOU — Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people are feared dead in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory was devastated by a powerful cyclone.Rescue workers are still attempting to reach some communities as they search for survivors.Entire settlements were flattened when Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), with the poorest living in makeshift shelters particularly hard hit.Some of Mayotte's population of 320,000 have said they are struggling with severe shortages of food, water and shelter.One resident of the capital city, Mamoudzou, waiting in line for supplies said: "We've had no water for three days now, so it's starting to be a lot."We're trying to get the bare minimum to live on, because we don't know when...
December 16, 2024

Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone

Ghanaians are hoping that food prices will drop under the new government
More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' — Ghanaians' great expectations
ACCRA — Ghana's former President John Mahama will be under enormous pressure to meet the expectations of voters following his landslide victory in Saturday's election.He swept back to power after eight years in opposition, running what political analyst Nansata Yakubu described as a "masterclass" in campaigning.He defeated Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia by 56.6% of votes to 41.6% to notch up the biggest margin of victory by a candidate in 24 years.But voter turnout was lower than in the 2020 election, especially in some of the heartlands of Bwaumia's New Patriotic Party (NPP), suggesting people there — disillusioned with its performance in government — stayed at home rather than switch sides.As Mahama's supporters celebrated his victory, Belinda Amuzu — a...
December 11, 2024

More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' — Ghanaians' great expectations

Charles Onana, now 60, was accused of trivializing the Rwandan genocide
French court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide
PARIS — A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the Rwandan genocide.The 60-year-old writer was fined €8,400 ($8,900; £7,000) and Damien Serieyx, his publishing director from Éditions du Toucan, was ordered to pay €5,000. They are also required to pay €11,000 in compensation to human rights organizations that filed the suit.The Paris court ruled that Onana's writings violated France's laws prohibiting genocide denial and incitement to hatred, noting that France would "no longer be a haven for denialists".In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of...
December 10, 2024

French court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide

John Damani Mahama
Opposition wins Ghana presidential election
ACCRA — Ghana's Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory."The people have voted for change," said Bawumia.The elections come amid the country's worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the cost of basic goods shoot up, while young people struggled to get jobs and the country was unable to repay its debts.Despite Bawumia's concession, no official results have been declared.The Electoral Commission (EC) said results had been delayed because supporters of the two main parties were impeding the process and it had asked the police to clear the collation centres.Mahama's supporters have taken to the streets around the country to...
December 09, 2024

Opposition wins Ghana presidential election

Zaharau, with tears rolling down her eyes
Nigerian villagers mourn children killed in drone strike
TUDUNBIRI, Nigeria — An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a year ago.The military said the bombing was caused by "a failure of intelligence", leading the army to mistake the open-air festival in Tudunbiri for a gathering of Islamist militants."The incident of December 3rd, 2023 was a great tragedy that shouldn’t have happened," military spokesman Maj-Gen Edward Buba told the BBC. "The armed forces regret that incident. And if we could bring the lives lost back, we would."About 85 people were killed, including Abdulrasheed's little daughter...
December 03, 2024

Nigerian villagers mourn children killed in drone strike

Guinea’s junta leader, Mamadi Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup
Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match
CONAKRY — At least 56 people have been killed in a crush following clashes at a football match in Guinea's second-largest city, Nzérékoré, the government says.An inquiry is being launched to find those responsible, Prime Minister Oury Bah said in a statement, calling the events "tragic" and offering his condolences to the bereaved.One doctor, who did not want to be named, told AFP news agency there were "bodies lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital"."Others are lying on the floor in the hallways. The morgue is full," he added.Local media said police had used tear gas after supporters of the visiting team, Labé, threw stones towards the pitch in anger at the referee."It all started with a contested decision by the referee. Then fans...
December 02, 2024

Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match

France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chad's President General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno for the 19th Francophonie summit in Villers-Cotterets, France, 4 October 2024
Chad ends defense pact with France nixing its military presence
N'DJAMENA — Chad announced on Thursday that it is terminating its defense cooperation agreement with France, a move its government claims is aimed at reasserting its sovereignty and recalibrating its international relations away from its former colonial ruler.The decision, which Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abderaman Koulamallah described as a historic turning point, comes more than 60 years after the Central African nation gained independence.The statement highlighted Chad’s intention to reshape its alliances in line with national priorities, though it stressed that the move would not undermine historical ties with France, with both nations committed to maintaining relations in areas of mutual interest.Chad's interim president, Mahamet Deby Itno, assumed power in 2021...
November 29, 2024

Chad ends defense pact with France nixing its military presence

In Sudan’s merciless war, all warring parties have been accused of using starvation as a weapon of war
Nowhere else on Earth are so many children fleeing war
By Lyse DoucetKASSALA — Mahmoud is a cheeky teenager who beams the biggest of smiles even though he lost his front teeth in the rough and tumble of kids’ play.He is a Sudanese orphan abandoned twice, and displaced twice in his country’s grievous war — one of nearly five million Sudanese children who have lost almost everything as they are pushed from one place to the next in what is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.Nowhere else on Earth are so many children on the run, so many people living with such acute hunger.Famine has already been declared in one area — many others subsist on the brink of starvation not knowing where their next meal will come from."It’s an invisible crisis," emphasizes the UN’s new humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher."Twenty-five...
November 28, 2024

Nowhere else on Earth are so many children fleeing war

State commissioner Ify Obinabo is trying to crack down on the scam
‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam
LAGOS — Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son.  After eight years of failed attempts to conceive, she sees him as her miracle baby.“I’m the owner of my baby,” she says defiantly.She’s sitting next to her husband, Ike, in the office of a Nigerian state official who spends the best part of an hour interrogating the couple.As the commissioner for women affairs and social welfare in Anambra state, Ify Obinabo has plenty of experience in resolving family disputes – but this is no ordinary disagreement.Five members of Ike’s family, who are also present in the room, do not believe Hope is the couple’s biological child, as Chioma and Ike claim.Chioma claims to have “carried” the child for about 15 months. The commissioner and Ike’s...
November 25, 2024

‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam

More than 11 million people have fled the fighting
Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move
NEW YORK — In a move strongly condemned by the UK and US, Russia has vetoed a draft UK-backed Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan.British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the veto a "disgrace". But Russia accused the UK of meddling in Sudanese affairs without involving Sudan itself.Sudan's 19-month civil war is believed to have led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. More than 11 million have been forced from their homes.Aid workers say the conflict has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with many thousands at risk of famine.Sudanese activists have been highly critical of the UN for being slow to respond to the conflict.It began in April last year after the army and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support...
November 19, 2024

Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move

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