Port Sudan the exit point for some foreign nationals/in /by
"Death will find us anywhere, it is important we are with our families."Passenger travelling to Sudan
Nigeria: It’s Unreasonable to Jettison Nigeria’s Fossil Fuels Now – Vice President Osinbajo/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday insisted that while the global call for a transition to cleaner fuels may be valid, it would be unreasonable for Nigeria to abandon her fossil fuel deposits at the moment.
Tunisia: Mixed opinions over censorship at book fair/in /by
At a Tunisian book fair, attendees discover several stands closed in solidarity with Dar El-Kitab ("The House of Books"), a publishing house whose stand was ordered closed at the fair. Authorities shut down the stand and confiscated its copies of author Kamel Riahi's book "The Tunisian Frankenstein,
Sudan: Thousands more flee despite ceasefire/in /by
Several tens of thousands of people have already crossed the borders, notably from Chad in the west and Egypt in the north. In total, 270,000 people could flee to Chad and South Sudan, according to the UN.
Marathon des sables: Morocco’s El Morabity wins 2023 Sahara Marathon/in /by
"I'm so sad for my brother, he should have won but that's how it is, next year inshallah" Mohamed El Morabity, winner of the 2023 Sahara Marathon
Mali: Protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping force/in /by
“The presence of MINUSMA is no longer relevant today. We thought that MINUSMA had come to save the country. We thought they were working in complete transparency. But if they came to Mali for something else, we no longer agree with the presence of MINUSMA in Mali.” Aida Koné, demonstrator
Burkina Faso: NGO says Karma ‘massacre’ death toll is at least 136/in /by
"..... in other villages such as Lemnogo, Kerga, Ramdolah, there are at least a dozen dead. So today we are around 150 dead or identified killed in this area, while knowing that there are some villages that we have not yet been able to... get the information for the moment, but we are ..."
Over 20 000 cross from Sudan to Chad since fighting erupted- WFP/in /by
“We are loading our trucks now for the 10,000, 20,000 as per UNHCR and the government’s figures, that may have crossed already the border from Sudan to Chad. It’s extremely important. We have already prior to that crisis 400,000 Sudanese refugees on that border that we were supporting.."
Comoran mayors protest operation “Wuambushu” in Mayotte to repatriate migrants/in /by
The archipelago Comoros is refusing to accept people deported from Mayotte, saying it cannot cope with the influx.
Rwanda: School feeding programme with WFP making impact/in /by
"Rwanda is very commendable in how it has committed the government’s budget in the last few years, from 40 million francs in 2021 to now over 73 billion francs in this school year. That has also meant that school meals now cover 3.8 – 4 million school children from what was covered before.. " WFP