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Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Assault on Moscow On Tuesday, Ukraine executed its most significant drone strike yet against Moscow. The offensive resulted in one casualty, numerous damaged homes, and disrupted flights across Moscow's airports. Over 50 flights had to be diverted. Russia, the planet's foremost nuclear power, announced the destruction of at least 20 Ukrainian drones as they inundated the Moscow vicinity, a region home to over 21 million people. Additionally, 124 drones were neutralized over eight other…

A 1098-carat diamond was discovered this week in Botswana, in the Jwaneng mine, located a few dozen kilometers from Gaborone, in the southeastern part of the country. It is the third largest known diamond in history. On Wednesday, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi was able to hold in his hands a transparent stone the size of…

The head of a human trafficking ring, Tewelde Goitom, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday by a court in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This Eritrean nickname "Walid" had been at the head of a gang of smugglers and a detention center in Libya between 2014 and 2018, where crimes were committed daily against African migrants.…

One of the largest underground uranium mines in the world is closing its doors. Akouta Mining Company (Cominak), a subsidiary of Orano Cycle (French multinational, formerly Areva), which has been using uranium deposits in the province of Agadez in northern Niger since 1978, will stop production on Wednesday 31 March. A closure carried out under unsatisfactory conditions for non-governmental organizations which, in addition to the social…

Kenya is closing the world's largest refugee camp amid strained ties with Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenyan government has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to close two key refugee camps in yet another step that could escalate the security crisis even across the country's borders. In a statement from the Secretary of the Interior, Dr.…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…

To negotiate, the Ivorian opposition trusts the international community. The government had invited the parties and political groups to a "working session" on "the framework for organizing the vote", while the country is experiencing a political crisis as the presidential election approaches. First scheduled for October 14, then on the 15th, the resumption of dialogue between the government and the…

Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, went on strike on Monday, September 28th. The employees of this company, which employs 5,000 people, are demanding wage increases. But several tragedies brought the case to court. Yesterday, a special court ordered the suspension of the movement. Collected by the hundreds in the courtyard of the hospital, employees ask where their money is. They demand the application of a decision by Parliament dating back to 2012, which had changed the pay categories and should lead to an…