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Haftar and ISIL fighters launch attacks in Libya
Libyan forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar and ISIL fighters have launched simultaneous attacks against forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), just hours after unidentified fighter jets raided GNA-held areas. The Bunyan al-Marsous Forces, who support the Tripoli-based GNA, said they were simultaneously attacked on Friday by both…
Read More »Double bombing kills nine refugees in Kolofata camp
At least nine refugees and two suicide bombers have been killed and dozens wounded in a double bombing at a refugee camp housing civilians in northern Cameroon. Governor Midjiyawa Bakari of the Far North region said on Friday that two girls detonated their explosives at the displacement camp in Kolofata.…
Read More »Botched vaccination kills 15 children in South Sudan
At least 15 children have died in rural South Sudan in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering vaccinations, reports say. South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday blamed the deaths on human error. Health workers vaccinating the children against measles used the…
Read More »IOX Cable Ltd e Alcatel Submarine Networks vão construir o primeiro cabo aberto a ligar as ilhas Maurícia e Rodrigues entre a África do Sul e a Índia
Abrangendo mais de 8850 km, o sistema de cabos, IOX Cable System, vai dar à Maurícia diversidade de rotas e ligar Rodrigues pela primeira vez a um cabo submarino, melhorando os serviços de ultra velocidades de banda larga PARIS, FRANÇA, 2 de junho de 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Um…
Read More »Almost 4,000,000 Sudanese displaced by fighting
Almost 4,000,000 Sudanese have been forced from their homes in 14 years of tribal violence and battles between government and opposition fighters, the Norwegian Refugee Council says. The aid group listed Sudan as number three in its latest report, The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises, saying almost five million Sudanese were now…
Read More »Cape Town cuts back to survive ‘stubborn’ drought
Residents in Cape Town have been told to restrict showers to two minutes and flush toilets only when “absolutely necessary”, as the South African city suffers its worst drought in a century. Local authorities have declared Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape province a disaster area, with less than…
Read More »CAR tops list of ‘world’s most neglected’ crises
The conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council. Unveiling its annual index, the aid agency said on Thursday that the world pays the least attention to humanitarian crises when they force Africans from their homes, dashing hopes of…
Read More »Italy refugee crisis: Gangs running child prostitution rings
Syracuse, Italy – We’ve been on Sicily for a week now. My team and I first came to cover the G7 talks, in which US President Donald Trump successfully fended off an Italian proposal for all the countries at the table to treat the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea…
Read More »Thousands rally for release of protest leader Zefzafi
Several thousand people took to the streets of Morocco’s northern Rif region to demand the release of the leader of a protest movement. Nasser Zefzafi, 39, who had been on the run since Friday, was taken into custody on Monday “along with other individuals” and transferred to Casablanca. His arrest was…
Read More »Kenya inaugurates new Chinese-funded railway
Amid concerns of its high price tag, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country’s biggest infrastructure project since its independence. The red-and-white diesel train left from the port city of Mombasa on Wednesday on its journey to Nairobi, carrying Kenyatta, Chinese dignitaries and citizens from around…
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Libyan Islamic Bank modernizes consumer banking services with Backbase
Backbase and Libyan Islamic Bank go live with a seamless new platform, bringing digital-first …
