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Sahel: Heavy rains destroy farmland, kill dozens of people in ChadF

Torrential rains have caused the death of 22 people in Chad since June, with more than 110,000 affected, a UN report has said.   The rains had also destroyed more than 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) of agricultural land, the UN's Office for the Coordination of...

Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train driversF

By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs. Since April, commuters on the network's newest line...

Algeria: Nine dead in after bus collides with tanker in IlliziF

Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defence said on Sunday. The crash, in which six other people were injured, happened Saturday night in Illizi, a statement said, without identifying the cause of...

Algeria: Parts of the iconic El Kala Biosphere Reserve destroyed by fireF

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere...

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