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Migrants protest outside the UN building in Tunis, Tunisia

More than 100 migrants and asylum seekers gathered outside a United Nations building in Tunis on Wednesday demanding they be repatriated or transferred to another country because of the harassment they say they have suffered in Tunisia. Most of those...

Six more people have died and 31 remain missing on the Gabon ferry.

The death toll from the sinking of a ferry last week in Gabon has risen to six, according to officials, as rescue teams continue to search for 31 people still missing. The privately owned Esther Miracle vessel was carrying 161...

IWD 2023: How can the gender gap in technology be closed?

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, the focus inevitably drives to the question of women empowerment**. The United Nations theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality" reflects the fact that today more than ever, the world has...

Egypt: A train accident claimed two lives and injured 16.

A passenger train derailed Tuesday (Mar. 7) north of Cairo, killing at least 2 people and injuring a further 16, Egyptian authorities said. At least 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene and the injured transferred to nearby hospitals. A ministry...

DRC: Despite a truce, violence with the M23 continues

Fighting continues on Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite the announcement on March 3 in Luanda of a new ceasefire accepted by the M23 rebellion, we learned. from local sources. Fighting had resumed on Monday morning...

World Bank worried about sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia

The World Bank has decided to suspend "until further notice" its partnership framework with Tunisia, deeming "completely unacceptable" the remarks of Tunisian President Kais Saïed who, denouncing the "hordes of illegal migrants" at the end of February, stirred up...

South African rand dropped after the cabinet was changed.

South Africa's economic activity as measured by GDP growth fell 1.3% in the last quarter of 2022, dropping below its pre-pandemic level due to record power cuts, official figures showed Tuesday. "After recovering in the third quarter of 2022, South...

It appears that oil drilling will proceed in the national forest of Uganda.

It looks like oil drilling is set to go ahead in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park after a French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies. Together with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and state-owned Uganda National...

After protests, Ivory Coast and Guinea will fly their people back to Tunisia.

The West African states of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating hundreds of their citizens from Tunisia, officials said Wednesday, after Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a storm by accusing sub-Saharan migrants of crime. "The most urgent thing is to...

The first stop on Macron’s four-nation trip of Africa is Libreville.

France's President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to safeguard French interests in Africa, as anti-French sentiment runs high in a majority of African nations. He landed in Gabon's capital Libreville on...
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