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December 19, 2024
French troops deliver aid to Mayotte ahead of President Macron's Thursday visit
December 18, 2024
Nigerian man promised pardon after 10 years on death row for stealing hens
MAMOUDZOU — Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that one resident likened to an atomic bomb, with hundreds and possibly even thousands of feared victims.“The situation is catastrophic, apocalyptic,” Bruno Garcia, owner of Hotel Caribou in Mamoudzou, Mayotte’s capital, told CNN-affiliate BFMTV.“We lost everything. The entire hotel is completely destroyed,” Garcia said. “There is nothing left. It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte.”Mayotte lies in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, just west of Madagascar. Made up of two main islands, its land area is about twice the size of Washington DC.Cyclone Chido, a category 4 storm, tore through the...
December 16, 2024
Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
December 16, 2024
Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone
December 11, 2024
More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' — Ghanaians' great expectations
PARIS — A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the Rwandan genocide.The 60-year-old writer was fined €8,400 ($8,900; £7,000) and Damien Serieyx, his publishing director from Éditions du Toucan, was ordered to pay €5,000. They are also required to pay €11,000 in compensation to human rights organizations that filed the suit.The Paris court ruled that Onana's writings violated France's laws prohibiting genocide denial and incitement to hatred, noting that France would "no longer be a haven for denialists".In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of...
December 10, 2024
French court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide
December 09, 2024
Opposition wins Ghana presidential election
December 03, 2024
Nigerian villagers mourn children killed in drone strike
December 02, 2024
Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match
November 29, 2024
Chad ends defense pact with France nixing its military presence
