Cyclone Belal: Flooding after storm hits Réunion

[ad_1] Despite the dire warnings, Réunion appears to have been spared the worst of the cyclone, as the eye of the storm passed the island by. Jerôme Filippini, the region's prefect, said the cyclone had not had the "cataclysmic character" initially feared. [ad_2] Source link

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Africa: Amidst Ongoing Global Crises, Gates Foundation Announces Largest Annual Budget Ever: $8.6 Billion in 2024 to Save and Improve Lives

[ad_1] Davos — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced its largest annual budget to date as it works toward the goal of a healthier, more prosperous world for all. With global health budgets in decline overall, a portion of the additional funding will go toward advancing global health innovations that will save and improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people, including newborn babies and pregnant mothers living in low-income communities. The foundation’s $8.6 billion […]

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Africa: Urban Kenyans Mistrust Police Even More Than Rural Residents Do – Study Sets Out Why It Matters

[ad_1] Across the African continent - from Nigeria and Ghana to South Africa - widespread protests have taken place to demand police reform in the wake of police misconduct and brutality. A continent-wide survey done in 2022 shows very low trust in the police and a prevailing perception of the police as the most corrupt among key institutions. Low public trust in police poses a serious problem for the most central state institution tasked with upholding law and order. Trust […]

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Africa: Kaba Diawara Hopes to Shine With His Young Squad

[ad_1] Diawara is one of the new generation coaches who have been able to take charge of their country's teams in recent years. The 48-year-old coach wants to instill a winning mentality to his side. This is what he shared with CAFOnline from his team's training base in Yamoussoukro ahead of their opening Group C match against five-time champions, Cameroon on Monday, 15 January. "We have great ambition for this competition. We formed a team two years ago and I […]

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Africa Safer Internet Day 2024 to be held on February 6

[ad_1] This year’s Africa Safer Internet Day is scheduled to be held on February 6. Child Online Africa, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and other partners made the announcement in a statement. Themed “Empowering Minds, Protecting Rights: Creating a Safer Digital Africa,” this year’s event according to the organisers “aims to empower everyone especially young people by positioning them to […]

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Africa: Defending Champions Senegal Gearing Up for Title Defense Opener Against the Gambia

[ad_1] TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations defending champions, Senegal kick off their title defense on Monday, 15 January against The Gambia. The Lions of Teranga and The Scorpions officially open what has been deemed as the Group of death in a Group C also consisting of Cameroon and Guinea. Nothing less than a second consecutive title would a smile on coach Aliou Cisse and his star-studded squad that is touted as one of the tournament favourites with star players […]

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UN peacekeepers to start withdrawing from eastern Congo in April

[ad_1] The United Nation has said that about 2,000 U.N. peacekeepers will start withdrawing from eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo by in April. This would be the first phase of the peacekeeping mission’s planned withdrawal from the country. “We have a ceiling of 13,500 troops authorised by the Security Council, as of April 30th, with the start of the withdrawal underway, we will reach 11,500,” Bintou Keita, […]

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Africa: Tainted Charumbira Ousted After Sexual Assault, Embezzlement Accusations, Pan African Parliament Advertises Post

[ad_1] ZANU PF aligned Chief Fortune Charumbira has lost his position at the helm of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) where he was elected President in 2022. PAP's secretariat announced By-Elections to replace him and his fourth Vice President Francois Ango Ndoutoume of Gabon, without clarifying why the two had been ousted. Charumbira, a former Chiefs Council President, had however been forced to answer charges of embezzlement and sexual assault in 2023. After allegedly sexually assaulting one of his married […]

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Afcon 2023: How Senegal came to dominate African football

[ad_1] Alongside the establishment of local academies and infrastructure, Souleymane Diallo, a part-time coach of national age groups and a research professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says a pathway has been created to move talent from youth international level to the senior side."Senegal has an extraordinary potential of players and we're being patient with the generations," Diallo told BBC Sport Africa."At grassroots level, we have a […]

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