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At least 22 people have died from cholera in Sudan after heavy rainfall contaminated drinking water, the health minister said. A woman searches through water near her flood-damaged home near the city of Abu Hamdan in Northern Sudan on August 7, 2024 [File: Samira Save to Reading list More than …
Read More »Contaminated maize sparks fear in Zambia after 400 dogs die
An “alarming number” of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, the country’s health minister has said. Elijah Muchima announced that approximately half of the 25 samples taken from milling companies were found …
Read More »Nigerians outraged by president’s new plane
Many Nigerians have reacted with outrage after a new plane was bought for President Bola Tinubu at a time when the economy is experiencing its worst crisis in a generation. The purchase comes less than two weeks after thousands took to the streets across the country to protest at rising …
Read More »Nearly 68 million people reeling from drought in Southern Africa
Residents queue to collect water as temperatures soar during an El Nino-related heatwave and drought in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, March 7, 2024 [KB Mpofu/Reuters] Save to Reading list Tens of millions of people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought, a regional bloc has warned, with …
Read More »France seizes three Nigerian jets for Chinese firm
The three Nigerian presidential jets that have been impounded were in France for routine maintenance A French court has seized three jets owned by the Nigerian government amid a long-standing dispute with a Chinese company. The row stems from a 2007 contract between Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment and Nigeria’s south-western …
Read More »Nigeria police working to secure release of 20 kidnapped medical students
Nigerian police and security agencies are working to secure the release of 20 medical students who were kidnapped in the eastern part of the country, officials say. The medical students were on their way to an annual convention when they were abducted in Benue State on Thursday evening, police and …
Read More »Mali orders Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours
Mali’s move on Friday came days after Sweden’s minister for international development cooperation and trade, Johan Forssell, said the government had decided to phase out aid to Mali. “You cannot support Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and at the same time receive several hundred million crowns each year …
Read More »Tunisia’s president dismisses Prime Minister, names new
Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani Wednesday after just a year in office. Said appointed Kamel Maddouri, the Minister of Social Affairs, to take over the role, the presidency said in a statement. Hachani had expressed in a video message just hours prior to his removal that …
Read More »Israel vows to kill new Hamas political leader, Yahya Sinwar
Palestinian militant group, Hamas, has named Yahya Sinwar as the successor to its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran a week ago. Sinwar is seen by Israel as the mastermind behind the 7 October attack which more than a thousand Israelis were killed and over 200 others …
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