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Understanding the experience of young people as they cross borders is the aim of a new project. The GRABS project, funded by the European Research Council, is documenting the lives of migrants, but instead of just talking in an interview with the youngsters, it’s trying to understand their situation and …

« It’s not if there will be another pandemic, but when it will happen. » Dr Christian Happi and his team have just won a $100 million grant that enables them to expand their vital work to try to identify threats to provide the world with an early warning system for future …

Aujourd’hui dans Parlons-en, un conflit largement passé sous les radars médiatiques : celui qui ravage le Soudan depuis près de trois ans. Ce pays dont la révolution avait pourtant inspiré le monde entier, qui a été rattrapé par l’ambition sans fin de deux hommes mais aussi les appétits de ses voisins. …

The sport of Quidditch – inspired by the fictional game in the Harry Potter books – is growing in popularity in Uganda, where there is now a national tournament and more than 200 players. Organisers hope that Ugandan players of the land-based version of the magical game, officially known as quadball, …

Le Quidditch, discipline, officiellement renommée quadball en 2022, a été introduite en 2013 à Katwadde dans le sud-ouest de l’Ouganda par un instituteur, qui a découvert les aventures et la saga du célèbre sorcier en lorgnant sur le livre d’un voisin de bus. Le pays compte aujourd’hui plus de 200 joueurs.

Heavy rains have brought significant flooding to northern Morocco, causing 50,000 people to be evacuated from their homes, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The Moroccan army has been deployed to support relief efforts. 

Libyan prosecutors said on Wednesday they will investigate the death of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the country’s longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was shot dead in his home in the city of Zintan on Tuesday. Seif al-Islam’s lawyer said he had been killed by a « four-man commando » group who stormed his home.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libya’s late longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen as his heir, has died, relatives said Tuesday, without providing details on the circumstances. His death was confirmed by an adviser on social media, while his cousin told Libyan media he had been killed in …

Le controversé fils de l’ancien dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale pour crimes contre l’humanité, est décédé. La mort de Saïf al-Islam Kadhafi a été confirmée par des proches et par son avocat sur notre antenne arabophone. 

Après la confirmation de la mort par balle la veille de Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, fils du dictateur défunt Mouammar Kadhafi, le parquet général à Tripoli a annoncé mercredi l’ouverture d’une enquête pour tenter d’identifier et de retrouver les suspects de l’assassinat.