Senegal has stepped up its preventive measures against Covid-19 following a number of deaths during the pilgrimage to Mecca. At Diamniadio international airport, voluntary screening tests and the wearing of masks were re-imposed on the arrival of pilgrims. Health Minister Ibrahima Sy expressed concern about a possible link between the …
Read More »Niger: Oil production despite tensions with Benin
On June 22, Société nigérienne du pétrole (SONIDEP) began exploration and production in the east of the country, although the pipeline to Benin remains closed in Niamey. The initiative was launched by Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, at a ceremony in Haïdara, in the Diffa region. Despite this …
Read More »Trainee teacher found murdered in unfinished building
A 21-year-old teacher trainee has been found murdered in an uncompleted building at Mesidan, a farming community in the Techiman North municipality of the Bono East Region, Ghana. “Her body was discovered with stab wounds to the throat,” according to autopsy reports. According to her uncle,” the deceased was a …
Read More »Somalia accuses Ethiopian soldiers of ‘illegal’ incursion
Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations with local security forces. At least 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in the Horn of Africa country as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting al …
Read More »US calls on Israel to avoid ‘escalation’ of Lebanon’s Gaza conflict
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel this Monday, June 24, during a meeting with its Defense Minister, to avoid a new escalation in Lebanon, while discussing efforts to reach an agreement on the release of hostages held in Gaza. “Anthony Blinken stressed the importance of avoiding a …
Read More »Unicef warns of millions of children suffering from hunger in Sudan
The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has issued an alert saying millions of children are going hungry in Sudan. Unicef boss, Catherine Russell says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world for children. She said the country has now the largest displacement of children anywhere, with millions …
Read More »Twenty bodies found after fire in battery factory
Around twenty people died in South Korea after a fire at a lithium battery factory that firefighters managed to extinguish, local media reported on Monday. The fire occurred in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, at a factory belonging to South Korean battery manufacturer Aricell. “More than 100 people were working at …
Read More »EU imposes sanctions on six Sudanese officials over civil war
The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …
Read More »Dozens dead after landslide and torrential rain hits China
At least 46 people died and several others were injured after a deadly landslide and torrential rains in several regions of China, particularly in the center, authorities announced on Monday. The heavy precipitation affects a large part of the country, stretching from Yunnan (southwest), bordering Vietnam, to the coastal province …
Read More »Malian singer Rokia Traoré arrested in Italy
Malian singer Rokia Traoré was arrested in Italy following a conviction in Belgium in a case of non-representation of a child, the Brussels prosecutor’s office announced on Sunday. Italian media reported that the musician was arrested Friday at Rome’s Fiumincino airport, where she had just landed to perform a concert …
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