The World Health Organization (WHO) says cholera cases in 2022 more than doubled from the previous year, with reported cases in 44 countries. The cholera statistics released Friday found large outbreaks in seven countries, five of them on the African continent. Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Nigeria and…
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Mali has joined neighboring nations Niger and Burkina Faso in establishing the Alliance of Sahel States, a treaty among new leaders in a region that previously established security agreements (like the G5 nations) facilitated by France and others with a presence in the Sahel. “I signed today … the Liptako-Gourma…
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In Libya, officials are focusing on health concerns following the catastrophic flooding at the weekend in Derna and other northern coastal communities. “In the wake of the floods, as the death toll rises, health needs have become more urgent,” said the World Health Organization in Libya. “There are at least…
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In Libya, the death toll from stunning flood impacts brought by a fierce Mediterranean storm has now reached more than 5,200, according to interior minister Essam Abu Zariba of the country’s eastern government. The update, reported by the Libya Observer on Tuesday, also said thousands remain missing, with images from…
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Humanitarian aid workers with Doctors Without Borders are scaling back their work at a site in the Central African Republic due to continued violent attacks including armed robberies and sexual assault. The organizations said two “grave incidents” at their site in and around the town of Batangafo occurred in the…
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A widely shared video of President Ali Bongo of Gabon, above, showed him at home in his residence on Wednesday, but it offered little insight into what’s actually happening in Libreville as the military announced it was removing Bongo from power. “I don’t know what’s going on,” said the 64-year-old…
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As yet there are no official results from this week’s presidential election in Zimbabwe, which again put President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu PF party in a race against Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC). The CCC says it thinks it’s running ahead in the results,…
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The Russian news agency TASS reports that Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group paramilitary organization, was listed as a passenger aboard a downed flight on Wednesday in which there were no survivors. “An investigation has been launched into the crash of the Embraer aircraft that occurred tonight in the…
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A Human Rights Watch investigation released Monday found hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers were killed by Saudi border guards when they tried to cross into the country along the border with Yemen. “Human Rights Watch research indicates that, at time of writing, the killings are continuing,” said the…
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Zimbabwe is heading into the final weeks before its August 23 elections, which have President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu PF party again facing Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC). Campaigning continues, with Mnangagwa telling supporters that their vote for him has religious rewards. The 80-year-old…
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A former Tuareg rebel leader has formed the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) movement in Niger, in order to support besieged President Mohamed Bazoum and restore the government displaced by the July 26 coup. Rhissa Ag Boula said Wednesday in a CRR statement that his group supports the…
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In Niger, thousands of supporters of Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani and the July 26 coup to remove President Mohamed Bazoum turned out at a Niamey stadium on Sunday, as time ran out on a deadline imposed by the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the release of Bazoum…
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Growing concern over violent protests in Senegal, and the country’s decision to ban the main opposition party Pastef Les Patriotes, has led to global calls to protect human rights in the West African nation, one long considered a successful model of democracy on the African continent. Social media platform Tik…
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Victoria Nuland, the Acting Deputy Secretary of State for the United States, began a three-nation tour to Africa on Saturday that follows both the just-completed Russia-Africa summit and a coup in Niger that’s renewed concern over African reliance on Russia and Wagner Group Russian fighters. Nuland is expected to lead…
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With Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani announcing his leadership of Niger and the country’s constitution dissolved in this week’s coup, there’s growing concern over Nigerien uranium mines operated by the national firm Sopamin, and the mines operated or funded by companies in France, China, South Korea and beyond. Canada’s Global Atomic, for…
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