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Lawyer of child rape victim calls for more protection of minors in Morocco/in /by
The lawyer for an 11-year-old Moroccan girl, whose rapists received light sentences, on Wednesday appealed to the authorities to review laws protecting minors.
UN chief appeals for “massive international support” for Somalia/in /by
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia during his visit to the country which came as it faces its worst drought in decades.
ICC arrest warrant for Putin a big dilemma for South African government/in /by
South Africa said an international arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin had complicated matters for the country ahead of a BRICS summit it hosts in August.
Algeria: Muslim faithful observing Ramadan feel the pinch as inflation soars/in /by
"There has been a price increase in the country in recent years due to the international turmoil -covid and the Russia-Ukraine war. The purchasing power of the people has weakened. Despite these conditions, the people still go out shopping for the Ramadan table and tried to buy basic foodstuffs."
Kenya: Residents of Nakuru county turn to geothermal steam for affordable water/in /by
Another resident Patricia Nyaguthii says: "Though it is clean water, it is very little and it is not enough but we do not have any other source of water. It is a long time since it rained."
Kenya: Court hears case against Meta over dismissal of employees/in /by
Court hears cqse by facebook parent company Meta to stop lawsuit accusing it among other things of exploitation.
Boat carrying hundreds of migrants towed to safety by Italian Coast Guard/in /by
A boat carrying hundreds of migrants was towed to safety in the Sicilian port of Catania on Wednesday by the Italian Coast Guard.
Dollar drops as inflation comes in below economists’ expectations/in /by
The unexpected result has prompted experts to speculate that the Federal Reserve may halt its rate-hiking efforts, possibly after a rate increase in May.
Tunisia: 10 African migrants dead after boat sinks/in /by
The Tunisian coast guard said Wednesday that 10 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to reach Europe illegally died after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia.
Panic as unidentified people board Singaporean tanker off Ivory Coast/in /by
Twenty crew members of various nationalities were on board the Success 9 when individuals boarded it on Monday in the Gulf of Guinea, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).