Mercury hits new highs as heat waves scorch the globe
ATHENS, July 17, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures reached new highs on Monday as heatwaves and wildfires scorched swathes of the…
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Africa
Mediator calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ of DRC conflict
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator in the conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic…
1 year ago
Nigeria’s new leader pushes regional role and domestic reform
By Patrick MARKEY Agence France-Presse LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Just a month in power, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already…
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Sudan civil servants go hungry as war claims livelihoods
WAD MADANI, Sudan (AFP) -- Sudanese public school teacher Imad Mohammed had worked for 32 years when war broke out…
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Curfew in central Nigeria state after new attacks
JOS, Nigeria, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat…
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We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers
PARIS, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to…
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Alarm over new ‘war crimes’ in Sudan’s Darfur region
KHARTOUM, June 28, 2023 (AFP) -- Sudan's war has brought painful memories back to the troubled Darfur region where armed…
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Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds
PARIS, June 27, 2023 (AFP) - Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in…
1 year ago
Hunger devastates Ethiopia’s Tigray as food aid halted
By Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, June 23, 2023 (AFP) -- Her nephew shared the harrowing tale of how she…
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Sudan no closer to peace as another breached truce ends
KHARTOUM, June 21, 2023 (AFP) - The Sudanese capital was again under fire Wednesday, after the latest breached ceasefire between…
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