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MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. Africa Command has intensified airstrikes in Somalia, pushing the annual tally to 109 and signaling a stepped-up campaign against al-Shabaab and ISIS militants in coordination with state forces in Puntland State and Jubaland. AFRICOM said multiple operations between Nov. 26 and Nov. 28 struck ISIS positions in the rugged Calmiskaad mountains of Puntland State, roughly 37 miles from Bosaso, the region’s commercial hub. The mountainous redoubt has long provided militants with cover and access to…

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia has embarked on a significant surge in executions, hitting a 30-year apex. With three more executions announced on Saturday, the 2024 tally skyrocketed to 198, per AFP's count. The kingdom ranks third globally in executions, trailing only China and Iran, Amnesty International reported for 2023. This latest figure supercedes previous peaks of 196 in 2022 and 192 in 1995, according to the London-based human rights organization, which has been documenting annual data since 1990. The Saudi Press…

Ferdinand Kambere, who has already spent more than two months in Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, was charged with attempted murder of a PPRD comrade. The prosecutor had requested the death penalty, but the court chose a lighter sentence, which the previous…

In the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the death toll from freight train derailment in Lubudi territory, Lualaba, has risen to 60 to 75 over the weekend after more bodies were discovered. as…

In Burkina Faso, the number of people forced to flee violence is accelerating and reaching an unprecedented level, according to the Refugee Commission. The humanitarian organization reiterates its call for coordinated action for peace and stability in this country. Together with RFI, Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba, UNHCR Spokeswoman…

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is a guest of RFI this Wednesday 7 July. He returns to the various areas of the African continent where the number of refugees is increasing. Concerned about the growing number of internally displaced people, especially in the Sahel, he calls for an increase in political solutions to resolve the conflicts that cause these population movements. .

A local NGO has identified 169 cases of pregnancy among minors aged 13 to 17 in four locations in the Lubero territory of northern Kivu, including the capital. as reported from Kinshasa, Sonia RolleyIn the eastern part of Congo-Kinshasa, this study is disturbing. If we sum up this entire population, the proportion is one…

Africa officially regrets 133,000 deaths from Covid-19 2020, according to the World Health Organization. But within organizations, we realize that this figure is largely underestimated due to a lack of testing and adequate reporting. According to a US study, the real path for African victims of Covid could be three to four times higher.…

Because the finish of April 2021, the Congolese Ministry of Training has carried out biometric registration of lecturers to search out out their precise quantity, construct a database and block the way in which in opposition to fraudsters. Academics welcome the initiative, however are a little bit disgusted by the gradual and technical weaknesses noticed within the enrollment facilities.…

In line with the International Meals Disaster Community, which brings collectively the fundamental companies and NGOs preventing starvation, the variety of hungry folks on this planet has elevated from 135 to 155 million by 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic and its financial penalties clearly have this toll is rising, however the fundamental explanation for starvation and malnutrition in Africa and on this…