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Authorities Halt Mining to Restore Order in South Kivu, DRC In the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials from South Kivu province declared the cessation of all mining activities to restore order within the sector. This announcement, made on Friday, July 19, mandates that by Monday, July 22, every mining site must halt operations.

Leeds Residents Urged to Avoid Harehills Amid Unrest People living in Leeds, UK, are being advised to steer clear of the Harehills area due to chaotic incidents. Photos and videos circulating on social media depict several vehicles ablaze, including a bus. West Yorkshire Police reported that officers were summoned to an address on Luxor Street in Harehills around 5 PM today. A police statement clarified, "Authorities arrived to discover an active disturbance involving some agency workers and children." The…

Tragic Discovery Confirms Fate of Missing British Teenager Jay Slater The fingerprints on a body found in Tenerife have been identified as belonging to Jay Slater, a British teenager who had been missing. The cause of death aligns with injuries from a fall in a rugged area, according to a Spanish court. The Canary Islands High Court of Justice announced that Jay's body was recovered near the Masca village just yesterday. The charity LBT Global had earlier revealed that the remains found were accompanied by the…

Sudanese authorities on Tuesday denied allegations that mercenaries from the Russian Wagner company were in the country. They responded to a press release issued the day before by the "troika", consisting of Britain, the United States and Norway, and accused…

We were able to discuss with lawyers and the families of the prisoners. They informed us that it was almost impossible to visit the Koutoukalé prison for the families, and also increasingly complicated for the lawyers. The supply of food or medicine has been limited since November 2021. Therefore, families can not bring food and the ban on the supply of medicine and food to prisoners becomes very complicated. If we know that there is only one ward, these are not things that should be tolerated in…

In a few months, the former prime minister had lost more than twenty kilos and contracted a serious illness. Urgently transferred to a clinic in Bamako, the authorities had never approved his medical evacuation, despite successive recommendations. A…

Controversy arose in Kenya this week over the authorities' silence on the deaths of troopers from the African Union's mission in Somalia in an assault. The brother of one among the troopers killed occurs to be a former presidential candidate who has publicly…

On the one hand, the Togolese authorities have recently acknowledged in recent days that there are no Covid-19 patients in treatment centers. So we can see that the situation is improving significantly. And on the other hand, some bans have been lifted and some measures have been eased. This is the case with the reopening of places of worship, the resumption of sports activities. So today, this ban on gatherings of a social or political nature is no longer justified. What is also pointed out is…

In Fort Dauphin, within the far southeast, suspected incidents recorded since mid-February in rivers and lagoons across the mining firm QMM (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto) are worrying. Yesterday, throughout a joint press convention, the Minister of the…

In Cameroon, after three long weeks of strikes in many public and secondary schools in the public sector, the authorities and trade unions have managed to agree and set a timetable, in particular for full pay from the end of March 2022.…