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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday, March 29, for almost a week of attacks on Palma, a port city in northern Mozambique on the border with Tanzania. The capture of Palma further aggravates the humanitarian situation in the region, as thousands of people, locals and international workers, have been forced to flee. According to the few testimonies that emerge, Palma is now a ghost town. Mozambican security forces have launched an offensive to regain control of the town. taken by the men of the…

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack on Palma, in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. An attack that, according to the authorities in Maputo, would have killed dozens of people and caused the flight of thousands of refugees since Wednesday. The jihadist organization that the Mozambican Islamist group Ansar al-Sunna has joined claims that he "controls the coastal city", a few kilometers from the French Total gas mega project, a project that has been suspended again since…

The former Madagascar's head of state, Didier Ratsiraka, died on Sunday morning, March 28, at the age of 84. The announcement was made on his Facebook page. He had been president of Madagascar twice, from 1975 to 1993, then from 1997 to 2002. The naval officer, nicknamed "the Red Admiral" for his socialist policies, had been in hospital earlier this week for a routine check-up. .…

The state of health ended at midnight on Friday. It concerned the Dakar and Thiès regions, which concentrate the majority of Covid-19 cases. A decision announced by President Macky Sall in his message to the nation on March 8 after days of demonstrations and violence that killed at least 10 people. The measure runs until Saturday, but is therefore not extended. At the same time, Senegal has just…

The majority of the health facilities we visited either worked half or not at all. This means that the people who live no longer have access to the health care system, which is no longer functional. Health workers no longer feel safe working. And on top of all this, the majority of the ambulances are no longer there, they are confiscated. There are very few of them today in Tigray. This means that a patient cannot be referred to a more advanced care service if necessary. Women who need to give…

EDITORIAL | Northeastern State of SomaliaPresident Said Abdullahi Deni has this week dealt with the aftermath of one of the most daring raids by Al-Shabaab brains on a prison facility in Bossaso, the state's main financial capital on the Gulf of Aden. On Thursday, March 11, the president officially dissolved the local district council following the jail attack that marked the biggest terrorist attack in Northeastern State this year. But this requires much more. On March 6, the terrorists attacked a correctional…

Somalia announces 3-day state mourning after ex-leader's death MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has ordered the country's flag flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for former leader Ali Mahdi Mohamed, who died on Wednesday. Farmajo has ordered the country to observe a three-day state of mourning as a result of the death of the fourth…

More than 180,000 inhabitants of central and northern Congo spend their annual feast with their feet in the water. These residents, located along the Congo River and its tributary, the Ubangi, are victims of floods caused by rain that has been falling continuously since October in the country. The government, which has declared a state of humanitarian emergency, is preparing to deploy aid and is urging partners to follow it. From Makotimpko to Liranga via Mossaka or Loukoklela, the humanitarian was able to carry out…

Northeastern State - Somalia's National Assembly leadership arrived in Garowe, the capital of the state of Northeastern State, amid an ongoing pre-election interruption that has caused delays in the forthcoming polls scheduled for December at the end of the year. The country was set to hold elections, but despite stakeholders signing an agreement, they are now involved in a spit over the composition of the nomination committee, which after all has been elected by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who is eager for…

AXADLE, Northeastern State - Somalia's northeastern part of Northeastern State on Saturday received a large number of distinguished guests ahead of the annual Forum for Ideas 2020, scheduled for 29 December.