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Locals rescue stranded residents who were trapped in their flooded homes in Nairobi. — courtesy EPA
Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi
NAIROBI — Roads have turned into rivers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as a top official said flooding had "escalated to extreme levels".Heavy rain has pounded Kenya in recent days, causing widespread devastation.The UN said that at least 32 people have lost their lives and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes because of the rain and flooding.Edwin Sifuna, who oversees Nairobi county, posted footage showing an entire neighborhood flooded."The situation in Nairobi has escalated to extreme levels. The County Government for all its efforts is clearly overwhelmed. We need all national emergency services mobilized to save lives," he said.Hundreds of others in Nairobi and nearby areas were marooned by floods following heavy rain overnight.Local media reported...
April 24, 2024

Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi

Dozens of Ethiopians die after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast
LONDON — At least 33 Ethiopian migrants — including an eight-year-old boy — have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials have told the BBC.They were among 77 people crossing the Red Sea from Yemen to Ethiopia, the UN’s migration agency reported.Fishermen alerted coastguards to the tragedy on Tuesday after witnessing some of the migrants drowning.Rescuers managed to save more than 20 people but others remain missing.The survivors’ shock and fear was clear to see as they were brought ashore in Djibouti to the town of Godoria and taken to hospital for treatment.They have since been repatriated to Ethiopia by the UN’s migration agency, the IOM.Isse Iyah, a senior Djibouti coastguard official, said those who were on the capsized boat had left Yemen...
April 23, 2024

Dozens of Ethiopians die after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast

Animals grazing in Ruaha’s National Park. — courtesy Getty Images
Tanzania: World Bank suspends funding for Ruaha National Park project
NEW YORK — The World Bank has halted its funding of a $150m ($120m) tourism project in Tanzania following allegations of rape, evictions and killings.The Ruaha National Park was reportedly meant to double in size as part of the project, but critics say the expansion has led to widespread abuses.The bank began investigating last year after it was accused of complicity in the abuses.On Tuesday, it said it was “deeply concerned” about the allegations.“We have therefore decided to suspend further disbursement of funds with immediate effect,” a spokesperson from the bank, which provides loans to developing countries, said.The Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (Regrow) project was launched in 2017 in an effort to improve the “management of natural resources...
April 23, 2024

Tanzania: World Bank suspends funding for Ruaha National Park project

Jacob Zuma addresses MK supporters
South Africa election: Jacob Zuma scores hat-trick in court battles
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's battle-scarred former President Jacob Zuma is proving he still has a winning streak — recently scoring a hat-trick in the courtroom.For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new party, from contesting the general election at the end of May.His latest victory came on Monday in the Durban High Court, where the governing African National Congress (ANC) tried to force his party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), to drop its name and logo.This is because it is named after the now-disbanded armed wing of the ANC, which fought against white-minority rule that ended with the election of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in 1994.The ANC argued that trademark law had been breached and that the use of the name, which...
April 23, 2024

South Africa election: Jacob Zuma scores hat-trick in court battles

The spear logo is similar to that used by the now defunct armed wing of the ANC
South Africa election: ANC loses battle for Zuma's MK party name and logo
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has lost a legal bid to stop a new party from using the name and logo of its former armed wing.The governing ANC had argued that uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), headed by ex-President Jacob Zuma, had breached trademark law.But the Durban High Court disagreed, allowing the use of the name, which translates as Spear of the Nation.It is a significant victory for MK ahead the 29 May general election.Zuma's supporters cheered and chanted in court after the judgement was delivered.The ANC has said it will appeal against the ruling.Last month, the ANC suffered another legal blow in its attempt to stop MK from running in the election, saying it had not met the official registration criteria.The MK name and logo holds huge political...
April 22, 2024

South Africa election: ANC loses battle for Zuma's MK party name and logo

A map of Ethiopia showing the regions of Tigray and Amhara, and the disputed area of Raya Alamata. – courtesy BBC
Ethiopia land violence leaves thousands homeless
ADDIS ABABA — Fighting over disputed land along borders of Ethiopia's Tigray and Amhara regions has displaced close to 29,000 people, the United Nations says.Fighting began last week between forces from the two regions in Raya Alamata district, which is claimed by both.Officials in Amhara have accused forces from Tigray of launching an invasion, but former rebels in Tigray deny this.A two-year civil war ended in late 2022 in Ethiopia, after central government signed a peace deal with Tigray forces.However, issues of contested areas, disarmament of ex-combatants, and the fate of hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans forced out of their homes during the war remain unresolved.The contested district of Raya Alamata had been under Tigray until war broke out in 2020, but the Amhara forces...
April 20, 2024

Ethiopia land violence leaves thousands homeless

A map of the Central African Republic. — courtesy BBC
Funeralgoers die as ferry sinks in CAR
BANGUI — At least 58 people have died in the Central African Republic after the overcrowded ferry carrying them capsized, say officials.Most of the 300 people on board were on their way to a funeral on Friday when the vessel sank. It happened on the Mpoko river near the capital, Bangui.Footage of the accident on social media shows people falling or jumping into the water trying to reach the banks of the river.Boat disasters are not uncommon in the Central African Republic."What just happened was terrifying," a witness told French-language broadcaster RFI."I know a family who've lost seven relatives in this tragedy."Speaking to local station Radio Guira on Saturday, civil protection head Thomas Djimasse said rescuers retrieved "58 lifeless bodies" from...
April 20, 2024

Funeralgoers die as ferry sinks in CAR

Col. Ibro Amadou, an influential member of the military regime in power in Niger, gives a military salute while attending a demonstration for the immediate departure of United States army soldiers deployed in northern Niger in Niamey. — courtesy AFP
US agrees to pull troops out of Niger
NIAMEY — All US soldiers are set to leave Niger, ending their role in the fight against Islamist insurgents.Military leaders in the West African nation have sought closer ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.On Friday the US also announced that it had agreed to close down its drone base near Agadez, in the Sahara desert.Niger is in Africa’s Sahel region, which is considered the new global epicenter of the Islamic State group.The US has relied on Niger as its primary base for monitoring regional jihadist activity.An American delegation is to head within days to Niger’s capital, Niamey, to arrange an orderly withdrawal of its more than 1,000 troops.Friday’s announcement follows talks in Washington between the US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell and...
April 20, 2024

US agrees to pull troops out of Niger

Senegal has a long experience of heatwaves and is seeing decreasing rainfall as a result of climate change
Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming
BOMAKO — A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.A separate study on drought in Southern Africa said El Niño was to blame, rather than climate change.A number of countries in the Sahel region and across West Africa were hit by a strong heatwave that struck at the end of March and lasted into early April.The heat was most strongly felt in the southern regions of Mali and Burkina Faso.In Bamako, the capital of Mali, the Gabriel Toure Hospital said it recorded 102 deaths in the first...
April 18, 2024

Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming

Cubana Chief Priest appeared in court in the main city Lagos. — courtesy BBC/Adesola Ikulajolu
Nigerian socialite charged for throwing money in air
LAGOS — Nigerian socialite and businessman Cubana Chief Priest has become the latest local celebrity to be charged with abusing banknotes.The socialite, whose real name is Pascal Okechukwu, pleaded not guilty to three counts of abusing banknotes during a court appearance on Wednesday.Authorities say he threw money into the air at various social events.This is technically an offense as notes fall to the ground where they can be trodden on.The practice, known as “spraying”, is commonly done at Nigerian weddings and celebrations as a token of appreciation.On Tuesday, Nigeria’s elite anti-crime agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it was leading a drive against “all forms of naira [the currency] abuse”.The EFCC accused Okechukwu of “spraying” and...
April 17, 2024

Nigerian socialite charged for throwing money in air

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