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Mozambique
More than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique storm
24matins.uk - 24matins.uk with AFP
More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week, while scores were killed and more than 200 …
Gizmodo
East Africa
Mysterious Planetwide Rumble May Have Come From the Largest Underwater Eruption Ever Recorded
Gizmodo - Robin George Andrews
On November 11, 2018, a deep rumble ricocheted around the world, one that humans couldn’t feel but that registered quite clearly on seismometers. A …
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Nigeria
Homeless 8-Year-Old Nigerian Refugee Receives More Than $100,000 In Donations After Winning New York State Chess Championship
Essence - Breanna Edwards
The story of 8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi is enough to warm anyone’s heart. The 8-year-old, who resides in New York, recently won first place at the …
Reuters Canadaadded this to Top News
Mozambique
Cyclone hit millions across Africa in record disaster: U.N.
Reuters Canada
MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) - Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa affected more than 2.6 million people and could rank as one of the worst weather-related disaster recorded in the
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Business (South Africa)
| Eskom, government plans for Stage 5 and Stage 6 load shedding to stave off national blackouts
fin24.com
Eskom and government have started planning for Stage 5 and Stage 6 load shedding, according to officials who say that there is a race against time to …
Roadmenderadded this to Resilience Daily
Malawi
Why Malawi is failing to protect people from floods and what needs to be done
theconversation.com - Robert Šakić Trogrlić
Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives. This isn’t uncommon in the country. Between 1946 and 2013, floods …
Hatem Zaghlouladded this to Middle East And The World
European Union
Here's what the European Union did to stop migrants from coming
VICE - VICE News
AGADEZ, Niger — In four years, Europe has cut down its illegal migration flow by almost 90 percent from its peak in 2015, and it has countries like Niger to thank for the dramatic drop. For years, migrants
USA TODAY
U.S. State Department
Want to travel? Stay away from these hot spots of crime, violence, says State Department
USA TODAY - Neill Borowski
Elvis Presley plays a lifeguard and singer (of course) in the 1963 movie Fun in Acapulco. Co-stars Ursula Andress and Alejandro Rey worked with Presley on location at the popular resort. Still a beautiful
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Mozambique
Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000 - president
jpost.com - REUTERS
Eighty-four deaths have been confirmed so far in Mozambique as a result of Cyclone Idai. A man looks at a washed away bridge along Umvumvu river …
Daly Valetadded this to World
Sergei Lavrov
Russia warns of attempts to destabilize situation in Algeria
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference following the talks with his Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissl in Moscow, Russia March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov MOSCOW (Reuters)
The Telegraphadded this to Daily UK News
Morality
Sudanese shepherd sexually assaulted man as he wasn't used to "immorality" in the UK, court hears
The Telegraph - By Phoebe Southworth
A Sudanese shepherd granted asylum in the UK has claimed that "immorality" in Newcastle encouraged him to sexually assault a man in the city centre. Zain Osman, 25, who arrived in the country on a lorry,
Culture Decantedadded this to Culture Decanted
Ethiopia
Why Britain returned locks of hair of Ethiopian king Tewodros
Quartz - Mohammed Girma
The recent announcement that a British museum will return two stolen locks of hair from a 19th century Ethiopian king was hailed as an “exemplary gesture of goodwill” by the Ethiopian Embassy in London.
Uganda
Pool resources, switch to mechanised farms - JCB boss
monitor.co.ug - By Christine Kasemiire
In Summary Smallholder farmers can hardly afford the expensive mechanisation equipment. This is considered the biggest obstacle to smallholder farmers …
FOX Business
Indian Ocean
Emergency ascent in Indian Ocean as sub fills with smoke
FOX Business - Associated Press
A British scientist and her American pilot made an emergency ascent from 100 meters (328 feet) beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after smoke filled the cockpit of their submersible. The
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Mozambique
Mozambique Braces for More Floods as Cyclone Deaths Set to Climb
Bloomberg - Matthew Hill
Mozambique braced for more flooding from Cyclone Idai as relief workers struggled to deal with the devastation wrought by one of southern Africa’s …
ABC News
Mozambique
Cyclone's death toll into the hundreds in southern Africa
ABC News - By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press
Rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique endangering scores of thousands of families, as aid organizations scramble to …
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Mozambique
Viewfinder: Cyclone Idai's Devastating Damage in Zimbabwe
psmag.com - Pacific Standard Staff
Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18th, 2019, at Charter Estate, in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after Cyclone Idai …
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GoFundMe
Over $100K Raised on GoFundMe to Buy House for Homeless 8-Year-Old Chess Champ and Family
Complex - Gavin Evans
The GoFundMe for a homeless 8-year-old refugee, who rose to prominence by winning a New York state chess competition, has more than doubled its …
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Thousands rally in Algiers as protest leaders tell army to stay away
reuters.com - Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of students, university professors and health workers rallied in Algiers on Tuesday calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, and a new group headed by activists
Uganda
Africa: All Set for East Africa's First Gold Trading Hub to Fight Smuggling
allafrica.com - By Beatrice Materu
(file photo). Tanzania will launch an international gold trading centre in the gold-rich region of Geita. Tanzania will thus join South Africa and …
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Ethiopia
Gunmen kill five miners in Ethiopia, TV says foreigners among dead
Reuters India
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Gunmen in Ethiopia have shot and killed five workers from a mining company in the restive west on Tuesday, residents said, with a TV station reporting two foreigners among the dead.
The Conversation Africaadded this to POLITICS & SOCIETY
Senegal
We asked Senegalese migrants why they leave home. Here's what they told us
theconversation.com - Pau Baizán
Senegal is widely touted as a stable democracy, experiencing good economic growth in a more volatile region. But people still take the risk of …
The Telegraphadded this to World News
Nigeria
Homeless Nigerian refugee, 8, touted as chess prodigy after becoming one of America's top players
The Telegraph - By Rozina Sabur
An eight-year-old Nigerian refugee has been crowned a chess champion in New York’s state-wide competition. Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives in a Manhattan homeless shelter with his family, won the category
Mark McLaughlinadded this to Uncommon Sense.
New York State
Meet the 8-year-old refugee who won New York State’s chess championship
NBC News - NBCNews.com
Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family live in a homeless shelter, after fleeing persecution against Christians in northern Nigeria in 2017. He learned how to play chess at his new school, and in just one has
Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things
Liberia
Newly Discovered Snake Can Strike You With Venom Without Even Opening Its Mouth
ScienceAlert - CARLY CASSELLA
Hidden in the evergreen forests of Guinea and Liberia, scientists have discovered a new species of snake that can deliver a venomous stab all without …
BBC News
Mozambique
Cyclone Idai: Huge area of Mozambique submerged
BBC News
An aerial survey of Mozambique's cyclone-hit province shows that a 50km (30 mile) stretch of land is under water, charity Save The Children says. Or use the form below:
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Libya
NOC's Sanalla on Production, Output, Sharara Field, BP
Bloomberg
Libya's crude production has surged after restarting its largest oil field earlier this month. National Oil Corp. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla says he …
Reuters
South Sudan
IMF urges South Sudan to stop taking oil-backed loans
Reuters - Hereward Holland
NAIROBI, March 19 (Reuters) - South Sudan should stop selling expensive and opaque oil advances, the International Monetary Fund said, because loan resettlements were hindering spending vital for the of
The Wall Street Journal.
Ilhan Omar
The Jew Who Died for Ilhan Omar
The Wall Street Journal. - Gary Palmer
Lawrence Freedman went to Somalia in 1992 as part of the U.S.-led relief effort. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, has become widely known for her attacks on supporters of Israel. Ms.
The Conversation Africaadded this to BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Irrigation
Irrigating Africa: can small-scale farmers lead the way?
theconversation.com - Ian Scoones
We often hear that irrigation in Africa is too limited, and that the key to a “green revolution” on the continent is to expand to levels seen in Asia. …