By Rédaction Africanews and AFP ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe took delivery Thursday (May 18) of helicopters reportedly purchased from the Russian Federation. The event was attended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the chief executive of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec”. The aircrafts will be deploying for policing, wild life protection duties and disaster management. “Zimbabwe is under…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP NIGERIA Over 3,000 people have been displaced in central Nigeria after at least 85 people were killed in ongoing clashes between herders and farmers, officials said Thursday (May. 18). The violence erupted on Monday (May 15), with an initial death toll of 30, in several villages of Plateau State, an…
Kenneth Elliott was taken captive in northern Burkina Faso in 2016 along with his wife, who was released shortly after their abduction. An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released and safely returned to his family, the Australian government has announced. Kenneth Elliott, from the west…
New study finds unsustainable human use has led to more than half of the largest lakes drying up around the world. More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a new study has found. A team…