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Residents retrieve their belongings post-flood in Nairobi; Flooding and heavy rains claim at least 70 lives in Kenya, exacerbating the impact of climate change in East Africa. The death toll has doubled from earlier reports, with severe downpours affecting Kenya and other vulnerable East African nations. Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura confirmed 70 fatalities due to floods, 32 of which were in Nairobi, and 15 in the Rift Valley region. Over 120,000 people are displaced, 22 are injured, and 8 are missing. The…

The death toll from flooding in Kenya has climbed to 70 due to increased rainfall since March. East Africa is vulnerable to climate change, experiencing heavy rains from the El Nino weather pattern. The government spokesperson confirmed the number of lives lost due to floods. The extreme weather has caused chaos in Nairobi, blocking roads and damaging homes. Tanzanian Prime Minister announced 155 deaths and 236 injuries from flooding. The disaster has affected homes, property, crops, and infrastructure. In Burundi, 96,000…

As a result of increased rainfall in Kenya since March, 70 people have died in floods, according to a government official on Friday.

The opposition's Wakit Tama coalition once again called for taking to the streets of the Chadian capital on Saturday morning, August 21, to challenge the military's handling of the transition. A request had been submitted to the authorities, but the authorities only approved the march for three organizations that had officially signed the request. This created some uncertainty, and the opposition ended…

To mark his hundredth day in captivity and demand the release of Olivier Dubois, nearly 70 people gathered this Saturday, July 18, in Bamako for a sports walk. A discipline exercised by the independent journalist. Installed in Mali since 2015, he is the only French hostage known in the world since his abduction in Gao on April 8 by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, a branch of the terrorist group…

In Chad, the government approves for the first time the march to the Wakit Tama coalition, which is opposed to power on the ground. This movement, which unites civil society associations and political parties, intends to demonstrate to protest the risk of confiscation of power on the ground since the announcement of Idriss Deby Itno's death on 20 April.…

Chad is still awaiting the launch of the inclusive dialogue and the appointment of members of the Transitional National Council with a view to adopting a new constitution. Meanwhile, a march was held on June 11 in support of the Transitional Military Council in Ndjamena. This mobilization was approved by the authorities and monitored by the police in a very specific way.…

Citizen Coordination Wakit Tama requires a brand new day of motion in a single week, Wednesday 19 Might, regardless of the bloody police repression that marked the earlier two. It's on this context that one other march, this time in help of the transitional authorities, happened on Wednesday morning in Ndjamena. From our…

In Algiers, the weekly student march was prevented again on Tuesday for the second week in a row. These peaceful marches against power resumed at the end of February after a year of closure due to the health crisis. On Tuesday, May 4, and as the election called for by the government in June approached, dozens of people were arrested before they could even begin marching.…

On March 29, 1947, in eastern Madagascar, rebel groups took up arms and rebelled against French settlers. A bloody repression of the French army ensues. Portraits of nationalist heroes by Malagasy photographer Pierrot Men and the film Tabataba are on display at the Photo Museum to celebrate the event. In the projection room,…