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Dans cet épisode d’Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et Rinaldo Depagne reçoivent Frédéric Manantsoa Lai, coordinateur des urgences pour Médecins Sans Frontières, et Onesphore Sematumba, analyste senior pour la République démocratique du Congo et le Burundi à Crisis Group, pour parler de l’épidémie d’Ebola en RDC et de ses conséquences sur la population congolaise, déjà marquée par des années de conflit.
İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonrasında şekillenen uluslararası düzen giderek çözülürken, Ankara ve diğer Avrupa başkentlerindeki yetkililer güvenlik alanında birlikte hareket etmedikleri takdirde ciddi risklerle karşı karşıya kalacaklarının giderek daha fazla farkına varıyor. Tehdit algıları farklılık gösterse de, pragmatik ve esnek iş birliği yolları geliştirmeleri hâlâ mümkün.
State department informs Congress of planned closures in Canada, Grenada, Japan, Indonesia and CameroonThe US state department is to shut five foreign consulates and missions across Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, drawing criticism that it is leaving a diplomatic vacuum at risk of being filled by China.
In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the groundGood morning. Last week, an estimated 72,000 migrants began crossing into a tiny Spanish enclave on the tip of Morocco. Within 24 hours, most of them had headed home. At least 88 people died after attempting the crossing,.
People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100Hundreds of people have gathered in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq, near the border with Spain’s Ceuta, flashing photos of their missing loved ones to passersby in the hope of tracking them down.
For millions across Africa and the developing world, the biodiversity crisis is not an abstract problem – it’s the soil that no longer yields bountiful harvests and the fish that no longer return to coastal waters.
Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
European Commission president says work needed in five areas of migration control including returning more peopleThe president of the European Commission has called for action to strengthen Europe’s borders after tens of thousands of people arrived and quickly left the Spanish territory of Ceuta, triggering a furious row between Madrid and other European countries.
New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country. New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak. New UN-partnered centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest-ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country.
scans conflicts and crises around the globe every week and features some of the hotspots Crisis Group’s analysts are closely watching. Whether an under-reported trend or a headline-grabbing development, our field experts explain why it matters or what should be done.
In an interview with RFE/RL, US Senator John Curtis, a Republican from Utah, said there is strong bipartisan support for new legislation sanctioning Russia, stressing that a Russian victory in Ukraine would have negative repercussions elsewhere in the world.
Russian forces hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and long-range drones overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians – mainly around Kyiv – and injuring another 44, the UN human rights office in Ukraine reported.
Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region with ballistic missiles and drones. At least 17 people were killed, including eight near a train station outside Brovary. The strikes also destroyed major warehouse owned by Ukrainian retailer Epicentr.
BROVARY, Ukraine -- Russian overnight drone and ballistic missile strikes killed at least 17 people in the Kyiv region, as Ukraine warned of critical air defense shortages and urged its allies to hasten deliveries of urgently needed air defense missiles.
In an interview with RFE/RL, Republican Senator Rick Scott said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not anticipate the strength of US support for Ukraine's war effort, adding that a new sanctions bill is meant to hold Russia accountable.
Influential Republican Senator Rick Scott talks to RFE/RL about why he believes sanctions against Russia should be passed immediately, why Ukraine's military innovations matter for the United States, and why defeating Russia is central to deterring an increasingly coordinated authoritarian bloc. '.
Russian authorities claim Ukrainian drones hit multiple Wildberries warehouses in several regions on August 4. Officials reported damage at facilities near St. Petersburg, and in the Tver and Moscow regions. Ukraine's drone commander said at least 15 Wildberries hubs have been hit since mid-July.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, with both sides stepping up airstrikes and drone attacks in recent weeks deep inside each other's territory, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Tuesday for greater protection for the war’s youngest victims.
Ukrainian National Police have published a video they say shows a Russian drone stalking and attacking a man selling goods at a market in the city of Kherson. The 52-year-old survived but suffered blast trauma, concussion, and shrapnel wounds, Market Vendor in Kherson. Ukrainian police have published a video they say shows a Russian drone stalking and attacking a man selling goods at a market in the city of Kherson.
Ukrainian drones struck two more warehouses used by the online retailer Wildberries, as well as a third in the Moscow region that killed five people as Russia and Ukraine continued exchanging cross-border strikes with US-mediated peace talks stalled. Ukrainian Strikes On Russian Warehouses, Including Wildberries, Leaves 5 Dead.
Control of campuses has become a battleground for parties and students groups that led the July 2024 movement which ousted Sheikh Hasina and her government. Rights group says at least 17 people were killed in mob violence in July. Six were killed in political violence, a drop from nine in June.
Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south islandTemperatures have plummeted across New Zealand as an Antarctic cold snap hovers over the country, delighting the capital, Wellington, which experienced snow for the first time in 15 years, while giving a southern city’s residents a chance to ski through the streets.
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 peopleJapan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has visited the south-western prefecture of Kumamoto, where recovery efforts are being hampered by heat and a lack of water supplies, almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed dozens and caused widespread damage. Thirty-eight p Japan’s prime minister tours quake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures.
The Security Council is meeting on Wednesday to examine the persistent threat posed by the terrorist group ISIL, also known as Dae’sh, to international peace and security. At a conference in June, the acting head of the UN counter-terrorism office stated that Al Qaeda, Da’esh, and their affiliates “remain adaptive and resilient”. Moreover, they are using artificial intelligence and other emerging.
The US’s multibillion-dollar push to expand interceptor missile production could begin rebuilding depleted stocks, but long manufacturing lead times, industrial bottlenecks and cost imbalances mean the benefits will depend on how quickly new capacity translates into deployable missiles. The US Department of Defense (DoD) signed framework agreements worth over US$3 billion with defense contractors.
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