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Sudanese agriculture minister has declared on Thursday that there is no famine in the country, casting doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger. Sudan has become the world’s worst hunger crisis since the outbreak of a war between the Sudanese army, whose head is also Sudan’s head …

Twenty-one people died in 24 hours in the Beni Mellal urban area in central Morocco due to a new heat wave that hit the country, which is in the grip of its sixth consecutive year of drought, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, July 25. The General Directorate of …

Ugandan police arrested several people in the capital Kampala on Thursday during a second day of anti-corruption protests, local media reported. The proesters were demanding the resignation of the parliament speaker and began demonstrating this week against alleged graft by elected leaders. The police quickly shut down a planned march …

Oropouche fever has caused the death of two people in Brazil, the first deaths ever recorded in the world due to this disease, the Ministry of Health of the South American country announced on Thursday. “The victims are two women from the state of Bahia (northeast) under 30 years old, …

While the death toll from landslides in Ethiopia on Tuesday was below 200, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the toll could rise to 500. Heavy rains triggered a landslide burying people in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia on Sunday night and a …

Recognized some time ago as the most listened-to French-speaking singer in the world, Aya Nakamura has just lost her position. The interpreter of the hit song “Djadja” has just been dethroned by Yseult, who is enjoying dazzling success on Spotify with her track “Alibi”. Ahead of Aya Nakamura, the young …

Kai McKenzie a 23-year-old surfer, was attacked on Tuesday by a white shark measuring just over three meters in length while he was at near a beach in Port Macquarie in the Australian state of New South Wales, several media reported. The young man, who had his leg torn off …

A decree from the Minister of Higher Education announces a reduction in special registration fees at public universities this year in Chad. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students enrolled in the special Bachelor’s program will pay 100,000F CFA, compared with 150,000F CFA in the past. Master’s students will pay 200,000F …

The global hunger situation has not improved and one in eleven people faced hunger in 2023, UN agencies said in a joint report, calling for immediate action. The situation is disparate, but the goal of a world without hunger in 2030, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, is moving …

The Nigerian government could temporarily suspend the 10 naira ($0.006) tax currently levied on every liter of sweetened beverage produced and imported into the country, Finance Minister Wale Edun announced on July 17. The decision is part of a six-month economic stabilization plan. “The temporary suspension of the tax on …