Almost 60 percent of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, data from a United Nations-backed review warned on Monday.The world’s youngest country is among the globe’s poorest and is grappling with its worst flooding in decades as well as a massive …
Majority of South Sudanese will be food insecure next year: UN Read More »
Three members of South Africa’s World Cup winning team — Cheslin Kolbe, Eben Etzebeth and Pieter-Steph du Toit — were shortlisted Monday for World Rugby’s player of the year award, while Antoine Dupont is in line for the Sevens prize.Springbok prop Du Toit is in contention to win the award for a second time after …
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Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania’s capital, but is yet to have running water in her home.Created around 15 years ago to tackle uncontrolled building in Nouakchott, the Tarhil district is one of many areas in the vast desert state in northwest Africa where water …
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Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds.”We don’t rush… we go down, sometimes we crawl, so that we don’t look threatening, and when we’re close, we aim for the head, hold it and secure the penguin,” the …
‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace and food Read More »
Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ancient wonders, but some had their eyes peeled for a new attraction.”There he is,” one Polish tourist told his wife as they spotted a scrappy dog perched on one of the stones.They were talking about Apollo, a stray who became an …
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Gabon’s military rulers announced their new constitution had been overwhelmingly approved in a referendum, according to provisional results it published Sunday, marking a new chapter for the oil-rich African nation.The estimated 860,000 registered voters faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to make their ballot count — whether they …
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The UN Security Council on Monday will take up a draft resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, where a war between two rival generals shows no sign of easing.A draft text seen by AFP, prepared by Britain and Sierra Leone, calls on the parties to “immediately cease hostilities and engage, in …
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Senegal’s ruling party claimed it had won a comfortable victory in Sunday’s legislative elections, paving the way for it to deliver an ambitious reform agenda eight months after sweeping to power.Voting took place peacefully across the West African country, where the governing Pastef party said 90 to 95 percent of ballots had already been counted. “I …
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Senegal began counting votes Sunday after parliamentary elections in which the new government is aiming for a resounding majority to deliver the ambitious reform agenda that swept it to power eight months ago.Voting took place peacefully across the West African country, and reliable projections of the new parliament’s makeup could be available from Monday morning.Tallying …
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Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble in a disaster that has claimed 13 lives. The four-storey block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country’s busy Kariakoo market, in the …
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