Gaza: First foreigners and dual nationals cross the Rafah terminal into Egypt/in /by
Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for Gaza's health ministry told AFP that his department had submitted to Egypt a list of 4,000 wounded requiring treatment that could not be provided in the Gaza Strip
Senegal: Ousmane Sonko will not be able to re-register on the electoral rolls/in /by
A department of the Senegalese interior ministry on Tuesday refused to accept the electoral commission's request to reinstate opposition politician Ousmane Sonko on the electoral roll and to issue him with documents essential to his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.
American couple fined in adopted child torture case in Uganda/in /by
"How can a couple who admitted to having beaten and mistreated a child, deprived him of food and water and made him stay in a cold room without clothes be given a light sentence, to pay a fine and... to leave?", activist Proscovia Najjumba told AFP.
Saudi Arabia confirmed as sole bidder for 2034 FIFA men’s world cup/in /by
"It's a big achievement which represents the whole region and not only the Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia). Congratulations to each Saudi and each one living here." Nabil al-Rifai, Saudi resident of Riyadh
Chad military government allows opposition leader Succes Masra back/in /by
"Now that we have signed the agreement, this agreement allows: 1. to return, 2. as the minister of reconciliation reminded us earlier, to exercise political activities freely, 3. to allow us to move forward on the path to amnesty." Succès Masra , Chadian opposition figure
Sudan: Sudan Oil Field Workers Narrowly Avoid RSF Attack/in /by
[Dabanga] Balila / El Fula -- Oil companies avoided a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attack on the Balila oil field and airport in West Kordofan on Monday morning. On Sunday evening, they evacuated all crews from the field to the state capital of El Fula, 50 kilometres from Balila.
Sudan: RSF ‘Liberates’ Vital Sudan Oilfield/in /by
[Dabanga] Balila / El Fula -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched an attack on the Balila oilfeild, as well as the Balila Airport in Sudan's West Kordofan, earlier today. In a statement by the RSF's official spokesperson, they claim to have "liberated the airport" and "inflicted heavy losses, in both lives and equipment" on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF).
Mozambique: Oil and Gas Hunters Target the Last Refuge of Vanishing Dugongs/in /by
[Daily Maverick] The global oil and gas survey company Searcher is gearing up to blast powerful sound waves into the Indian Ocean, directly adjacent to the last viable population of dugongs on Africa's east coast.
King Charles III says there “can be no excuse” for colonial abuses in Kenya/in /by
The Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on Sunday called on "the King, on behalf of the British government, to make an unconditional and unequivocal public apology (...) for the brutal and inhumane treatment inflicted on Kenyan citizens throughout the colonial period" between 1895 and 1963
Facebook’s algorithms ‘supercharged’ hate speech in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict/in /by
Facebook has come under scrutiny from rights group Amnesty International for allegedly exacerbating violence during the harrowing two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.