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A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday.
Read More »More than 20 killed in attacks in west of Niger
Bandits riding motorbikes killed 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger’s western region of Tillaberi, the governor there told AFP on Sunday.
Read More »UN peacekeepers killed in Mali after patrol hits IED
Three UN troops were killed and four more wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb early Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn West African state.
Read More »Au Mali, trois Casques bleus tchadiens ont trouvé la mort dans l’explosion d’une mine
Trois soldats tchadiens de la mission des Nations Unies au Mali (Minusma) ont été tués dimanche, quand leurs véhicules ont sauté sur une mine dans le nord du pays ouest-africain, a annoncé l’ONU. Quatre autres soldats sont grièvement blessés.
Read More »Niger : série d’attaques meurtrières dans l’ouest
Vingt personnes ont été tuées samedi au cours d’attaques contre trois villages nigériens dans la région de Tillabéri (ouest), a annoncé dimanche Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, le gouverneur de cette région.
Read More »Tunisie : avec le déconfinement, la révolution du vélo ?
En Tunisie, le déconfinement pourrait aider le vélo à se faire une place. L’association Vélorution mène la bataille pour défendre ce moyen de transport efficace contre la propagation du virus. Cependant, la capitale Tunis manque d’infrastructures adaptées.
Read More »Covid-19: The pandemic heightens food insecurity in Benin
While residents of Benin haven’t been ordered to stay home like their neighbours in Nigeria, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced them to slow down nevertheless, putting many at risk of food insecurity.
Read More »Overcrowding in DR Congo prisons poses Covid-19 threat
In a mid-April report, the NGO Human Rights Watch cited UN statistics that the main prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at 432 percent capacity, with Makala Prison in the country’s capital of Kinshasa at 461 percent. While media access to prisons in Kinshasa is denied, FRANCE 24 obtained …
Read More »WFP head warns Covid-19 pandemic could provoke ‘famines of biblical proportions’
The UN’s World Food Programme is warning of potential famines of « biblical proportions » as the Covid-19 pandemic affects countries in an already dire situation. In an interview with FRANCE 24, the United Nation’s WFP Executive Director David Beasley said he was especially worried about a breakdown in the supply chain that allows …
Read More »Rights groups fear disaster in DR Congo’s overcrowded prisons
We bring you a report from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is growing concern about the safety of prisoners due to the coronavirus outbreak. More than 100 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Kinshasa’s Ndolo military prison. The UN estimates that the country’s main prisons are, on average, at 432% …
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