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#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, latest African country to do so. France has been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since its colonial rule

#Ivory Coast #France #Africa × #Europe

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Kenyan president acknowledges police abuses at protests. Security forces are accused of dozens of illegal detentions since youth-led anti-government demonstrations in the summer

#Kenya #Africa ×

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Refugees in Egypt: ‘We leave Sudan, but Sudan does not leave us’. Egypt hosts more than 1.2 million Sudanese refugees as a brutal war in Sudan unleashes the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. In Cairo, photojournalist Hamada Elrasam visits refugees and migrants as th

#Sudan #Africa × #USA #North America #Egypt

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland. Authorities say eight foreign militants died, security forces sustained ‘limited’ casualties and shrapnel injured some civilians

#Islamic #Religious #Somalia #Africa ×

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Zimbabwe president signs death penalty abolition into law. Rights organizations are praising the move, though not all Zimbabweans are happy

#Africa × #Zimbabwe

#nytimes.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Dada Masilo, Who Fused Ballet With African Dance, Dies at 39. A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.”

#Africa × #South Africa

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Chadian opposition says elections should be canceled, calls for new transition. Elections were scheduled to end Chad's three-year transition period following death of longtime President Idriss Deby Itno

#PublicHoliday #Africa × #New Year #Chad

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was held without charge for more than 20 years as prison facilitates burst of transfers

#Africa × #Tunisia

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × World of dance mourns death of ‘brilliant light’ Dada Masilo at age of 39. South African dancer and choreographer died unexpectedly after a brief illness, her family says

#Africa × #South Africa

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Fighting for change: why the road to parliament is still rocky for women across Africa. In a critical year for elections on the continent, three women who took office in 2024 talk about the obstacles they see in politics and where gains are being made

#Politics #Africa ×

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × ‘Left at the mercy of jihadists’: Niger’s junta fails to curb surge in violence. Islamic State affiliate expands control since 2023 coup, killing hundreds of civilians and enslaving women, as media ban allows regime to cover up attacks

#Islamic #Religious #Niger #Africa ×

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease his mission. There's no vaccine that prevents Guinea worm infections or medicine that gets rid of the parasites

#Health #Politics #Guinea #Africa × #USA #North America

#voanews.com. #Dec.31.2024 × French prime minister unveils recovery plan for cyclone-devastated Mayotte. Francois Bayrou says a draft emergency law aiming to rebuild Mayotte within two years is forthcoming

#Politics #France #Africa × #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show. Newly released files show proposals to divert £2m – earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa – to fund scheme

#Politics #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #Tanzania

#theguardian.com. #Dec.31.2024 × Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal. Singer urged Tony Blair not to appoint African co-chair to commission on aid, UK government papers show

#voanews.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Mali court jails dissident over remarks about Burkina junta. Issa Kaou N'Djim, who previously supported Malian junta leader Assimi Goita before distancing himself, made the comments during a program aired on local television station Joliba TV News

#Politics #Africa × #Mali #Burkina Faso

#voanews.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Over 13,000 Mozambicans flee to Malawi amid post-election violence. The refugees and asylum-seekers are being welcomed but are encountering a lack of food and accommodation

#Malawi #Mozambique #Africa ×

#theguardian.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025. Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundings

#Nigeria #Africa × #Indonesia #Asia #India #Egypt #Americas

#nytimes.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health. In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.

#Health #Africa ×

#oilprice.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Senegal’s First Oil Exports Push Economic Growth to Record High | OilPrice.com. Senegal's economy experienced record growth in the third quarter of 2024, driven by the start of oil production from the Sangomar field.

#Business #Senegal #Africa ×

#theguardian.com. #Dec.30.2024 × ‘It’s not our job to make photos that are easy to look at’: the female photographers exposing the cost of conflict in 2024. Hostilities are taking place in more than 170 locations across the globe and women are suffering the effects more than at any time since the second world war. Here, female photojournalists reveal perso

#Sudan #Africa × #South America #Ukraine #Europe #Colombia

#oilprice.com. #Dec.30.2024 × Eni Raises Oil and Gas Production Offshore Cote d’Ivoire | OilPrice.com. Eni successfully launched Phase 2 of its Baleine oil and gas development offshore Cote d'Ivoire, significantly increasing production and solidifying its presence in the region's energy sector.

#Business #Ivory Coast #Africa ×

#theguardian.com. #Dec.29.2024 × More than 60 people dead after road accident in southern Ethiopia. Incident at Gelan bridge in Bona Zuria Woreda ???claimed lives of 66 people so far???, says Sidama health bureau

#Health #Ethiopia #Africa ×

#wikipedia.org. Africa. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's popul

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