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Tunisia: UGTT union boss says IMF conditions for loans drastic and unacceptableF

The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for a new loan to bail out the country's struggling economy. "We reject the conditions set by the IMF, given Tunisians' low salaries,...

Sahel: Despair in Chad as food crisis intensifiesF

Chad on Thursday declared a "food emergency" in the impoverished landlocked country, urging the international community to help. The plea for aid comes before a meeting Friday between the head of the African Union and Russia's president to discuss grain supplies in...

Sahel: The lawless northern Chad and deaths over goldF

Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked...

Sahel: Millions of people face food shortagesF

The United Nations warned Friday that up to 18 million people in the Sahel face severe food insecurity, with rations being cut due to funding shortages. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said that conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and rising costs were...

Sahel: Record death toll from floods in NigerF

Sahel: Record death toll from floods in NigerF

Oct 6, 2022

Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than...

Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate changeF

Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate changeF

Oct 4, 2022

By Kaouthar Oudrhiri In the blistering desert of Morocco, the country's last Berber nomads, the Amazigh, say their...

Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agricultureF

Sep 27, 2022

By Aminu Abubakar Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from...

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