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Public minibus are submerged in the flooded streets of Dar salaam, Tanzania Thursday, April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday.
Climate Change   Cyclone Hidaya   Extreme Weather   Photos   Wikipedia: 202324 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season  
Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises
Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing tens of thousands from their home... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2012, one of the few remaining miners digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo.
European Union   Mining   Photos   Rwanda  
‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal?
As the green revolution revs up, the European Union has signed a deal with Rwanda that will ensure a supply of precious minerals needed to build clean tech like solar panels and electric vehicles. | W... (photo: AP / Marc Hofer) Al Jazeera
Nigeriens, some holding Russian flags, participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023 Russia riding US right out of West Africa
Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and poss... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Asiatimes
Photos   Russia   US States   West Africa  
People thought to be migrants disembark from a British Border Force patrol boat after being picked up from a dingy in the English Channel in Dover harbour , England, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Wednesday briefing: How Britain and Ireland came to a diplomatic deadlock over Rwanda
In today’s newsletter: It is the most fractious time in British-Irish relations since Brexit, as Ireland claims the Rwanda policy is pushing migrants to its borders – and increasing political pres... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) The Guardian
Britain   Ireland   Photos   Rwanda  
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File - Police from Rwanda serving with UN Police for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), on patrol in the external area of the Internally Displaced Peoples Camp Nr 3 in Juba, South Sudan. UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in South Sudan
JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, follow... (photo: UN / Gregorio Cunha) China.dot.org
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   UN Peacekeeping   Wikipedia: Ethnic violence in South Sudan  
This is the entrance to a Walmart in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 U.S. Economic Confidence Falls for First Time Since October
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is -29 in April, nine points lower than March’s -20 reading. This is the first time in five months that... (photo: AP / Gene J. Puskar) Gallup
Economy   Global Trading   Photos   US States  
FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo containers are loaded onto a vessel in the harbor of Hamburg, northern Germany. New data show that German exports jumped by 10.7 percent on the month in March. That puts them 23.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday May 10, 2010 that German exports totaled 85.6 billion euro (US dlrs 109.3 billion) in March. US is one of world’s least trade-oriented nations
Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the United States isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at tr... (photo: AP / Axel Heimken) Asiatimes
Business   Global Trading   Photos   US States  
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Monday, April 29, 2024. Hamas prepares response to Gaza truce offer
Hamas was studying Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant gro... (photo: AP / Mohammad Jahjouh) RTE
Gaza War   Hamas   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves supporters after casting his vote in the first round of the French presidential election, in le Touquet, northern France, Sunday April 23, 2017. Dmitry Drize: Macron unleashes the geographical weapon against Russia
Not long ago the French leader believed the continent was almost as big as Africa. Now he’s reduced it in size by about 75% | French President Emmanuel Macron has deliv... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) Russia Today
Dmitry Drize   Emmanuel Macron   Photos   Wikipedia: Emmanuel Macron   geographical weapon  
People gather on the main road after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country's west.  (AP Photo) Floods kill at least 42 in central Kenya after dam bursts
Nairobi, Apr. 29 (BNA): At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could ... (photo: AP / Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Bahrain News Agency
Africa   Environment   Kenya   Photos  
FILE - Pedestrians run past an armored police car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving. Haiti’s deadly gangs forced the government out. Now they want a seat at the table
Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you ... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph, File) CNN
Caribbean   Drug gangs   Haiti   Photos  
Ibrahim Hasouna, center, the sole survivor among his family, sits amidst the debris of his bombed home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. On Monday, February 12, Hasouna lost eight family members, including three children, He says the house was bombed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held in a building in another part of town. At least 20 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah
CAIRO - Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 20 Palestinians and wounded many others, medics said on Monday, as Egyptian ... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Middle East Online
Hamas   Israel   Palestinians   Photos  
On 20 May 2021, Visit of Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo, to the European Commission, in presence of European commissionner, Brussels - EC/Berlaymont. Togo’s parliamentary election: Why all eyes are on President Gnassingbe
Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese voters are heading to the polls on Monday to vote in delayed and controversial parliamentary elections that are causing tensions in a W... (photo: European Community / Claudio Centonze) Al Jazeera
Africa   Elections   Photos   Togo  
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Kenya president postpones reopening of schools as flood-rela
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Nigeriens, some holding Russian flags, participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023
Russia riding US right out of West Africa
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Nigeria poised to outlaw P2P crypto trading over national se
Fitch Revises Egypt's Outlook To Positive On Reduced Ext
Ghana hosts Africa maritime security symposium
In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2012, one of the few remaining miners digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo.
‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal?
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Public minibus are submerged in the flooded streets of Dar salaam, Tanzania Thursday, April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday.
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Peru detains Iranian, two others over plot to kill Israelis
Colombia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza campaign
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Measles outbreak kills 42 in Nigeria
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Ibrahim Hasouna, center, the sole survivor among his family, sits amidst the debris of his bombed home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. On Monday, February 12, Hasouna lost eight family members, including three children, He says the house was bombed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held in a building in another part of town.
At least 20 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah
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Kentucky Derby wide open after Fierceness and Sierra Leone
After top betting choices, Kentucky Derby looks wide open
Kentucky Derby wide open after Fierceness and Sierra Leone
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Kenya president postpones reopening of schools as flood-rela
As deadly floods grip Kenya, president postpones school reop
GRA educates Kinbu-Sub taxpayers on online services
As deadly floods grip Kenya, president postpones school reop
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