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[ad_1] Mohamed GabobeAlcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted.He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border.The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a colonial-style villa battered by years of fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu - a city once known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.His sandals are covered in a potent orange dust – the residue from the desert.Mr Diriye’s dark eyes droop. The bags […]

[ad_1] Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as "truly historic".“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out the deadly mosquito-borne infectious disease nearly 100 years.Certification is granted when a country […]

[ad_1] In a tournament that has been dominated by low scores on bowler-friendly surfaces, it was New Zealand's batting intent from the beginning that was immediately eye-catching. When opener Georgia Plimmer skipped down the pitch to Marizanne Kapp's second ball - despite missing - the message was clear. They were not going to die wondering. Plimmer eventually fell for nine and Bates added 32, before Kerr and Devine were tasked […]

[ad_1] ReutersWater from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state.Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale in forests and farms, degrading land and polluting rivers to such […]

[ad_1] In the co-main event, Brazil's Cris Cyborg beat compatriot Larissa Pacheco by unanimous decision in a gruelling back-and-forth contest.In a fight where momentum changed multiple times, Cyborg, 39, was the more aggressive as she cemented her legacy as one of the best female MMA fighters in history.The bout was billed as a champion versus champion contest, with Cyborg the reigning Bellator featherweight title holder and Pacheco winning the 2023 […]

[ad_1] The lawyer for a prominent Mozambique opposition figure has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, along with an official from the same party. Elvino Dias was the attorney for Venâncio Mondlane, who ran for president of Mozambique representing political party Podemos in an election 10 days ago.Dias died with fellow Podemos official Paulo Guambe when gunmen attacked their car."They were brutally assassinated [in a] cold-blooded murder," said local […]

[ad_1] IMAGE SUPPLIEDNecdet Seyitoğlu lived in the UK for 18 years before moving to KenyaA British national has told the BBC that he and several Turkish citizens were abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by masked men on Friday, with four of the Turkish citizens still missing.Necdet Seyitoğlu, who lived in the UK for 18 years before moving to Kenya two years ago, said he was released after eight hours […]

[ad_1] AFPCameroon's President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982Rumours of ill-health have engulfed two African presidents in recent weeks, sparking contrasting responses and exposing how the wellbeing of leaders is often treated as a state secret.It started with Cameroon's President Paul Biya, 91, whose ministers denied that he was sick, insisting he was in “excellent health”. However, the media in Cameroon was then banned from reporting on his […]

[ad_1] All student unions in Ivory Coast are being shut down, the government has announced, after the killing of two students which is being blamed on the powerful Student and School Federation (Fesci).Several Fesci members have been arrested in connection with the murders of Khalifa Diomandé and Zigui Mars Aubin Déagoué, which took place in August and September. An underground tunnel used for torturing people and a brothel were found […]