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Air France announced the suspension of two of its pilots who had come to blows shortly after their Airbus A320 took off last June, BFMTV reported. The argument would have burst after one accidentally hit the other. Quickly, the tone went up and several slaps and blows were exchanged. A …

Two Colombian journalists were shot dead on Sunday in the north of the country by people riding motorbikes as they returned from reporting on a popular party in the Colombian Caribbean, local media reported Leiner Montero Ortega, 37, and Dilia Contreras Cantillo, 39, were driving on a road between cities …

Tributes have poured in for the Kenyan cyclist Sule Kangangi who died while competing in a race in the US, the BBC reported. He had been participating in the Vermont Overland race on Saturday where he reportedly suffered a fatal crash, according to a statement by his team. The 33-year-old …

More than 340,000 people in Chad are affected by flooding due to torrential rains, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “The floods destroyed nearly 2,700 hectares of crops and farmland, increasing food insecurity. The number of people affected by the …

A man was killed by a lion in the zoo of Accra, Ghana’s capital, after having entered the enclosure of the felines, the government agency in charge of the protection of wild animals said on Monday. “Around noon today, Accra Zoo authorities on routine patrol spotted a middle-aged man who …

A court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has convicted two men arrested last year in connection with the poisoning of six lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu district, Daily Monitor reported. It comes after the court heard evidence from 14 witnesses who pinned the convicts over the killing of …

Zimbabwean government has expressed concern about the treatment of its nationals in South Africa, which has seen an increase in attacks and violence against foreigners. In recent months, South African government officials have spoken out against the alleged involvement of foreign nationals, particularly Zimbabweans, in violent crimes. Zimbabwe has the …

Four nuns kidnapped on Sunday, in southeastern Nigeria, were released by gunmen on Wednesday, according to the police. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu of the Congregation of Jesus the Savior in Nigeria were reportedly abducted on the morning of August 21, 2022 on their way …

Morocco is affected by wildfires which reached their climax since July and another fire broke out in the city of Ifrane on Monday August 22. According to several sources, the firefighters were mobilized in large numbers to overcome these fires particularly intense, but remained powerless. Thus, while they were initially …

Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep and missed the airport as the Boeing 737-800 they were driving was en route from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, according to a report by the Aviation Herald aviation news site When the plane was supposed to begin its descent to …