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Un tragique accident de la circulation a endeuillé la route Lomé-Vogan, à Klobatème (près du pont Zio), le vendredi 22 novembre 2024, aux environs de 14h30. Selon un communiqué officiel du ministre de la Sécurité et de la Protection civile, l’accident impliquait un camion transportant du sable et un tricycle chargé de passagers. D’après les constatations de la police, le camion progressait dans le sens Djagblé-Lomé lorsque le tricycle, venant en sens inverse, aurait quitté sa voie pour effectuer un dépassement risqué. Cette manœuvre a conduit à une collision frontale. Le communiqué indique un bilan provisoire de trois morts sur les lieux et un blessé grave, évacué en urgence par les sapeurs-pompiers pour recevoir des soins. Les deux véhicules impliqués ont également subi d’importants dégâts matériels. Dans son message, le ministre de la Sécurité et de la Protection civile a présenté les condoléances du gouvernement aux familles des victimes et...

Tanzania and the African Union (AU) jointly hosted a high-level side event at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, aiming to place clean cooking at the forefront of the global climate agenda. The event, titled “Addressing Clean Cooking Challenges in Africa: A Call for African Leadership,” aims to convene African leaders, policymakers, and international stakeholders to address the pressing need for clean cooking solutions across the continent, where 70 percent of the population still relies on traditional cooking methods. The session underscored the importance of political commitment, innovative partnerships, and significant financial investment to advance sustainable, clean cooking technologies. The African Union has prioritised clean cooking as a critical component of both climate action and sustainable development through its African Clean Cooking Programme (ACCP). This initiative supports efforts to increase access to clean cooking solutions, reduce harmful emissions, and improve public health while driving technological innovation in cooking methods. The...

Dr Saad Yousif Obeid, professor in theatre at the Sudan University, had to flee his home in Omdurman after war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023. In El Gedaref, eastern Sudan, and later in Cairo, Egypt, he wrote about his and his son’s experiences on the 99th day of the war, “maybe the blackest of our days ever”, and what made him decide to leave. After Radio Dabanga obtained the first version of The Disaster, a book Obeid wrote about the first five months of the war, during which he and his youngest son stayed at their home in old Omdurman, it was decided to translate parts of the text, written in Arabic. Sharing Obeid’s memories means sharing the experiences of many Sudanese in areas occupied by the RSF, who lived through the same dangers, mental and physical assaults, perhaps...

BAKU, (Reuters) – Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient. COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov The agreement, clinched in overtime at the two-week conference in Azerbaijan’s capital, was meant to provide momentum for international efforts to curb global warming in a year destined to be the hottest on record. Some delegates gave the deal a standing ovation in the COP29 plenary hall. Others lambasted wealthy nations for not doing more and criticised the Azerbaijan host for hurriedly gavelling through the contentious plan. “I regret to say that this document is nothing more than an optical illusion,” Indian delegation representative Chandni Raina...

by EKISA ZABLONSunday November 24, 2024 The arrivals took place at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday and Friday, with 40 individuals arriving on Thursday and another 23 on Friday. The operation was led by a multi-agency team spearheaded by the State Department for Diaspora Affairs. Kenyans arriving in JKIA from Lebanon A total of 63 Kenyans were welcomed back home this week after being evacuated from Lebanon in a government-coordinated effort. The arrivals took place at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday and Friday, with 40 individuals arriving on Thursday and another 23 on Friday. The operation was led by a multi-agency team spearheaded by the State Department for Diaspora Affairs. “The Department along with key partners such as the International Organization for Migration has been working round the clock to ensure the safety of Kenyans in Lebanon and facilitate their safe return home.” This comes after...

This week, Sierra Leone made history when the president signed into law the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024. For a country with one of the highest rates of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and maternal mortality in the world, it is a crucial step forward, and a hard-won achievement for campaigners in west Africa. Sierra Leone has 800,000 child brides – and of those more than half were married before the age of 15, so there is no question that this is groundbreaking legislation. It repeals previous ambiguous laws to explicitly name child marriage as illegal and underscores a clear commitment to girls’ rights. The legislation also establishes mechanisms for enforcement, ensuring that perpetrators – including the husband and those who enable the marriage such as parents and the person officiating – are held accountable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment, with survivors now able to seek justice and compensation....