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A file photo of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in January 2022, in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. — courtesy of the Egyptian presidency
Abbas meets El-Sisi in Cairo, discusses ways to stop Gaza war
CAIRO —Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here on Sunday for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdul-Fattah El-Sisi on the possibility of a durable ceasefire in Gaza Strip.The Palestinian embassy here stated that both leaders discussed the Egyptian, Arab, regional and international efforts to deal with the humanitarian disaster currently taking place in the Gaza Strip.The visit focuses on how to put an end to the atrocities being committed by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, Palestine Ambassador to Egypt Diyab Allouh told reporters.The summit talks with President El-Sisi will also deal with the progress of the efforts of Egypt, and other regional and international players, to address the unprecedented humanitarian...
January 07, 2024

Abbas meets El-Sisi in Cairo, discusses ways to stop Gaza war

Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 14, 2016, during his trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius released from South Africa prison after serving 9 years for girlfriend’s murder
JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, was released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world.A parole board granted Pistorius’ petition in November on the grounds that he had served half of his 13-year sentence for shooting Steenkamp, making him eligible according to South African law.Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS), told CNN that Pistorius was released from Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria, on Friday morning. He will be subject to parole conditions until his sentence expires in 2029.In a statement Friday, Steenkamp’s mother said her only desire following...
January 05, 2024

Oscar Pistorius released from South Africa prison after serving 9 years for girlfriend’s murder

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Ethiopia signs agreement with Somaliland paving way to sea access
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain access to the sea, its government says.It has signed what is known as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the self-declared republic of Somaliland to use one of its ports.Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has previously described sea access as an existential issue for his country.His statement in October prompted tensions across the Horn of Africa.There were some fears, quickly dampened by the authorities, that this implied trying to take land from another of Ethiopia's neighbors, Eritrea.The details of Monday's agreement with Somaliland have not been made public but a statement from Abiy's office said it would "pave the way to...
January 02, 2024

Ethiopia signs agreement with Somaliland paving way to sea access

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi , seen in this file photo, will be sworn in for a second term on Jan. 20.
DR Congo election: President Tshisekedi declared landslide winner
KINSHASA — President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun.The president won about 73% of the vote, with his nearest challenger, Moise Katumbi, on 18%, officials said.The Dec. 20 election was marred by widespread logistical problems. It had to be extended to a second day in some parts of the vast country.About two-thirds of polling stations opened late, while 30% of voting machines did not work on the first day of the vote, according to an observer group.Millions of people waited for hours before they were able to vote, while some gave up and went home.The opposition said the problems were part of a deliberate plan to allow the results...
December 31, 2023

DR Congo election: President Tshisekedi declared landslide winner

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At least 113 killed in attacks in central Nigeria, local officials say
ABUJA — The death toll in weekend attacks in the central Nigerian state of Plateau has risen to 113, a local official said on Monday, in a region where clashes between herders and farmers are common.It is the worst outbreak of violence in Plateau since May, when more than 100 people were killed in farmer-herder attacks.AFP news agency had cited the Nigerian army on Sunday as saying 16 people were killed in the latest attacks.Monday Kassah, the acting chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, said 113 people had been killed in the attacks on Saturday and Sunday.“The attacks were well-coordinated. Not fewer than 20 different communities were attacked by the bandits,” he said. “We have recovered 113 dead bodies from those communities. We have recovered more than 300...
December 26, 2023

At least 113 killed in attacks in central Nigeria, local officials say

At least 250,000 have fled Wad Madani since Friday, the UN has said
Hundreds of thousands flee Sudan safe haven — UN
KHARTOUM — At least 250,000 people have fled fighting in a Sudanese state once seen as a safe haven for those escaping the civil war, the UN said.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have advanced into the city of Wad Madani, in al Jazira state.For months, both the state and the city have housed large numbers seeking safety from fighting in the capital.Many in Wad Madani have fled the city without having anywhere to go, a resident told the BBC."So many people are wandering, there is no transportation, nothing to take us, many people do not know where to go, they are just running away," Ahamed Fadol, who moved to Wad Madani from the capital, Khartoum, after the conflict began, said.As people have been leaving the city over the past few days, the cost of transport has...
December 20, 2023

Hundreds of thousands flee Sudan safe haven — UN

Egypt’s president Abdul Fatah El-Sisi talks to the press after a meeting at the Palace in Cairo. — courtesy Belga Mag/AFP/Getty Images/File
Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to third term as president with 89.6% of vote
CAIRO — Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has swept to a third, six-year term as Egypt’s president, winning 89.6% of votes in an election in which he faced no serious challengers, the National Election Authority announced on Monday.The election took place as Egypt struggles with a slow-burning economic crisis and tries to manage the risk of spillover from the war in Gaza, which borders Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.Some voters said the eruption of conflict in Gaza had encouraged them to vote for Sisi.Voting in Egypt was held over three days on Dec. 10-12, with the state and domestic media pushing hard to boost turnout, which the election authority said had reached 66.8% — above the 41% recorded at the last presidential election in 2018.The election featured three other candidates, none of them high...
December 18, 2023

Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to third term as president with 89.6% of vote

Burkina Faso scientist Abdoulaye Diabate is developing an innovative technique that could potentially wipe out malaria-transmitting mosquito species by altering their genes.
African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA
OUAGADOUGOU — Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate.Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing an innovative technique that could potentially wipe out malaria-transmitting mosquito species by altering their genes.The Burkina Faso-born scientist and professor was awarded the 2023 Falling Walls Prize for Science and Innovation Management for his research, which organizers said “offers hope for malaria control.”Diabate was named in September as the only African among 10 global winners of the prestigious award for this year and was also...
December 17, 2023

African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA

A group of migrants and refugees rescued by crew members of a ship operated by Doctors Without Borders off the coast of Libya. — File: Reuters
More than 60 people drown in migrant shipwreck off Libya, UN says
TRIPOLI — Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic shipwreck” off the coast of Libya, said the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).Citing survivor accounts, the IOM’s Libya office said in a post on X that the boat had left the coastal city of Zuwara, situated west of the capital Tripoli and 60 km (37 miles) from the Tunisian border, with around 86 people on board.“The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes,” the UN agency said in the post.CNN has reached out to the UN IOM’s office in Libya for further details. Libya is a key transit point along the Central Mediterranean route.Each year, tens of thousands of people pour across Libya’s borders. Tragedies at sea are...
December 17, 2023

More than 60 people drown in migrant shipwreck off Libya, UN says

By Monday morning, power had been restored to most parts of the country
Kenya power blackout fuels public outrage
NAIROBI — Kenyans are demanding answers after a nationwide power blackout plunged the country into darkness late on Sunday.It hit at about 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) - Kenya's third countrywide blackout in the past four months.The outage disrupted several services, including at the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, where two terminals were without power for several hours.Many Kenyans have criticized the government, as anger and frustration grows over recurring power disruptions.By Monday morning, power had been restored to most of the country, except for some parts of Nairobi and the Coast region."We are working round the clock to restore normalcy to the remaining areas as soon as possible," Kenya Power, the state-run power provider, said in its most recent...
December 11, 2023

Kenya power blackout fuels public outrage

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