A couple in Sega town tragically died by electrocution at home, prompting calls for improved electrical safety from local authorities and community leaders.
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Equatorial Guinea court convicts president’s son for selling national plane
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Wagner 'atrocities' give ammunition to Mali jihadists
Since the withdrawal of the French army from Mali, Russia's Wagner Group has replaced it as a target of jihadist propaganda, experts say, with extremists making hay with claims that its mercenaries have committed atrocities against civilians.
US urges islands to set example for China, India on methane
US climate envoy John Kerry urged Pacific island states on Thursday to join global efforts to cut methane emissions in hopes it would sway major emitters China and India to follow suit. "If the rest of the world joins in and makes it clear this is what we have to do, that will, I hope, encourage those other states ... to join in the counting of methane" in their emissions plans, Kerry said.
Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the World Cup
Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery Ziwakayi speaks gently, offering accessible therapy with a warm and reassuring smile. - 'A masterstroke' - Grandmother Ziwakayi has offered therapy from the benches for the past six years, seeing an average of three clients a day.
Chad's two main opposition figures say in hiding for safety
The leaders of Chad's main opposition groups said on Wednesday that they had been forced into hiding over fears for their safety, following a deadly crackdown on anti-junta demonstrations.
DR Congo military, rebels resume fighting: residents
Fighting resumed Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the military and armed group M23, residents told AFP, a day after many people fled rebel-held territory being bombarded by military jets. Residents told AFP they had heard the sounds of more fighting by the evening, after a tense but quieter day.
ICC prosector urges Libya's Haftar to 'prevent' crimes by troops
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Wednesday he had urged eastern Libyan military chief Khalifa Haftar to "prevent" crimes by his troops, as investigations into their actions continue. "I said that those were and are being investigated, (and) that military commanders must prevent, must repress and must punish crimes when they emerge."
WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray
The WHO called Wednesday for a massive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's Tigray region following the ceasefire deal, saying desperately-needed aid had not yet been allowed in. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the breakthrough ceasefire agreement reached last Wednesday but warned it was already a week on "and nothing is moving in terms terms of food aid or medicines.
Sudan's Nuba peoples rally in capital after ethnic clashes
Thousands of demonstrators from Sudan's Nuba peoples marched in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday to protest against recent deadly inter-ethnic violence in their southern home region. "No to the genocide of the Nuba," proclaimed placards carried in the Khartoum protest by the indigenous group whose members live mostly as herders and farmers in the mountainous region.
Senegal holds breath over talisman Mane making World Cup
Doubts over Senegalese talisman Sadio Mane being fit for the World Cup finals had a nation holding its collective breath on Wednesday with Senegal President Macky Sall tweeting: "Sadio, heart of a Lion! "Like I said to you: Sadio, heart of a Lion!
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