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UN unable to feed refugees In Chad next month

"2023 is another very difficult year, whereby we have absolutely no funding from May onwards for the refugees and the displaced people. It's really catastrophic." Pierre Honnorat, WFP Country Director, Chad

France: Macron receives 9 former skirmishers returning to Senegal

French President Emmanuel Macron received nine former Senegalese riflemen living in France on Friday at the Élysée who have decided to return to their country of origin thanks to exceptional financial aid from the French state

IMF calls for help in Sub-saharan Africa to manage a severe financial shortage

Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of unprecedented shocks, is disrupting economic growth and endangering its long-term development-IMF

Cameroon’s giant frogs threatened with extinction

The Cameroon Giant Frog is the largest frog in the world, growing up to 80cm with its legs stretched out. Due to intensive poaching, the future of this frog is very uncertain.

Women still occupy “marginal” place in food production- FAO

Men have greater ownership of land and woman 46 countries show that. Protection of woman land rights are low in 50 precent of the countries, and gender gaps in woman access to mobile internet in low- and middle-income countries narrow from 35 percent ...

South Africans fear energy crisis could hinder investment pledges

south Africans fear energy crisis could hinder investment pledges

Launch of Kenya’s 1st observation satellite aborted again

Satellite Taifa-1 was supposed take off from California USA on Friday (Apr. 14) but exploration technology company Space X, cancelled the exercise nearly 28 seconds into flight.
The new launch is scheduled on Saturday (Apr. 15).

Congo: a new opposition platform for an alternative in 2026

This new opposition platform includes the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD) of former president Jacques Joachim Yhomby Opango, who died in 2020 and led the Congo between 1977 and 1979 under Marxism-Leninism, as well as the Movement of Republica...

Mali: Germany gives itself 9 to 12 months to withdraw its soldiers but will maintain its aid

Germany is counting on nine to 12 months to withdraw its soldiers from Mali, a withdrawal imposed by the new realities of the country under the leadership of the military, but which does not put an end to development aid, two ministers said Thursday du...

Egypt calls on Turkey to withdraw troops from Syria

Egypt's foreign minister on Thursday called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Syria, a sign of lingering tensions despite efforts by Ankara and Cairo to restore ties.