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Footage captured in Asheville, North Carolina, vividly documented the devastating moment when sections of a building, along with a shipping container, were swept away by fierce floodwaters linked to Tropical Storm Helene. As the tumultuous waters surged, debris from the Asheville Tea Company building collided with an electrical pole, disintegrating upon impact. The shipping container crumpled over the pole, a stark reminder of nature's overwhelming force. Tragically, the death toll has now surpassed 210, following Helene’s…

Final preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, which begin on July 23. Twelve Senegalese athletes are eligible for the Olympics and Paralympics. Among them is judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye, one of Senegal's flag bearers, with the French-Senegalese swimmer Jeanne Boutbien. A dream for this colossus "a little too sore", according to his coach.…

RFI witnessed the reunion between Laurent Gbagbo and his supporters at a former campaign headquarters in Cocody-Attoban on Thursday, June 17. In front of a crowd that won over his cause, the former president was short in his speech, asking "to mourn" first his "dead" and to speak "later on politics". With our special…

HARGEISA, Somalia - When North Western of Somaliawent to the elections last month, more than a million voters turned out in large numbers as the secessionist state triumphed to impose its authority over the electoral system, which could give it an advantage in the fight for international recognition. One of the main shocking results was the great loss of the ruling Kulmiye party, which followed the opposition Wadani and UCID, which collectively outwitted the party led by Muse Bihi. Interestingly, the ruling party has not…

Nearly 400,000 people have now evacuated Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since Thursday 28 May. A new eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano is always to be feared even if the earthquakes have clearly decreased in intensity. Volcanologist Benoît Smets gives an overview of the situation. RFI: Since Friday…

EDITORIAL | It is not every day that Somalis have emerged from smiles. That is why the whole country is celebrating the success of Prime Minister Hussein Roble's marathon talks with federal presidents, which led to an agreement on Thursday. Somalis have been so tired of the constant wrestling that a political agreement announced on Thursday looked like a monkey pulling our backs. It has taken more than eight months to try and fail. At one point, the stakeholders dug into each other's heels and accused each other of having…