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Huge crowds ‘stone the devil’ as fiercely hot hajj winds down/in /by
More than 1.8 million people are taking part in the first unrestricted hajj since Covid struck in 2020. About 2.5 million, the most on record, joined the pilgrimage in pre-pandemic 2019.As well as crowds at every turn, the visitors have had to contend with ferocious temperatures at the hajj..
In Darfur, hospitals continue to operate despite lack of medicines and staff/in /by
Sudan's Darfur region is divided into five states. The situation of health care is catastrophic there. In the central Darfur state, the main referral hospital operates despite a lack of supply and staff. In South Darfur, the challenges are the same. Most violence has occurred in Khartoum and Darfur.
Libya: Tripoli denies involvement in drone strikes in east/in /by
The Tripoli-based Libyan government on Friday denied any involvement in drone strikes against a base used by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner that had been reported by a military source in the eastern camp of the divided country, media reported.
Investors praise DR Congo’s improved business climate/in /by
A study conducted by Bloomfield, a pan-African rating agency showed that Kinshasa has drastically improved its business climate
South African president exonerated in $580k farm cash theft scandal/in /by
The scandal broke in June 2022 when the former head of intelligence lodged a complaint accusing Cyril Ramaphosa of having concealed the theft in 2020 of bundles of dollars unearthed by burglars under the cushions of a sofa in one of his properties.
Rwanda says plans to receive deportees unfazed by court ruling/in /by
Rwanda insisted Friday that it was safe for asylum seekers after the British Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled against a plan by London to deport illegal migrants to the east African country
Work of 1st U.S. panel on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature/in /by
California's reparations task force completed its work Thursday and turned more than 100 recommendations over to the legislature. They notably suggest how to calculate monetary reparations, create an agency to implement and oversee reparations programs and help people research their family history.
Flooding in South Africa kills 7, and rescue crews are searching for another 7 missing people/in /by
Seven people have died and another seven are missing after days of heavy rainfall triggered floods in and around the South African city of Durban, local government authorities said Friday.
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo’s electoral roll appeal rejected/in /by
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has had his appeal to be included on the electoral role in the Ivory Coast rejected by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), his party announced in a statement on Friday.
Conflict in western DRC: at least 20 dead this week, according to HRW/in /by
Gunmen killed at least 20 people this week in an ambush in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest episode in a communal conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives in the past year, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.