JOHANNESBURG, Police in South Africa are on alert in case of renewed clashes between residents of Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and foreign street vendors.Alexandra is one of the poorest areas of the country but from its shacks, residents can easil…
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More Than 30 People in Burkina Faso Killed in Armed Attacks
OUAGADOUGOU — Armed militants killed at least eight people who were collecting water in a town in northern Burkina Faso on Monday morning, its mayor said, bringing the total killed in three days of violence in the restive area above 30.Monday’s attack …
Read moreSt Helena/South Africa flights will resume March 26, Jamestown
JAMESTOWN (St Helena), The St Helena government has announced the resumption of Airlink flights between Johannesburg, South Africa, and St Helena island commencing March 26. The Airlink service has been discontinued since March 20, 2020 because of the …
Read moreAt lease 11 die in Burkina Faso gold mine attack
OUAGADOUGOU, Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar raid in the same area, local sources said.“Armed unidentified individuals carried out an attack on the gold mining site of Baliat…
Read moreDTM flow Monitoring Registry Dashboard: Non-Yemeni migrant arrivals and Yemeni returnees in February 2022
IOM Yemen DTM’s Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) monitors migrant arrivals on the southern coastal border and Yemeni return locations on Yemen’s northern border with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Enumerators placed at Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) r…
Read moreAt least 60 stowaways dead in DR Congo freight train accident: Rail company
KINSHASA, A train crash in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 60 people, the state rail company said.“[Currently] the toll is 61 dead, men, women and children [and] 52 injured who have been evacuated,” Marc Manyonga N…
Read more13 Gendarmes Killed in Northern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — Gunmen killed at least 13 gendarmes in an ambush Sunday at Taparko, a mining town in northern Burkina Faso regularly targeted by jihadist fighters, security sources said.”A team from the gendarmerie at Dori fell into an ambu…
Read moreUAE announces $85 million contribution to address humanitarian situation in Horn of Africa
New York, Mar. 13 (BNA): The United Arab Emirates announced a commitment of US$85 million to support humanitarian operations in Ethiopia.In coordination with the Famine Relief Fund, the contribution will be disbursed to several agencies, including the …
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