ADDIS ABABA, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Climate scientists drawn from the Greater Horn of Africa sub-region are predicting a drier than usual short rains season that begins in October and ends in December. Speaking at the end of the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF), the Director of the Igad Climate Predictions and Applications […]
Day: August 28, 2021
Botswana Assures Unauthorized Immigrants of COVID-19 Vaccinations
GABARONE, BOTSWANA – The Botswana government has sought to assure thousands of undocumented immigrants they will not be left out of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Thousands of immigrants are crossing into Botswana, the majority fleeing economic hardships in neighboring Zimbabwe. Some undocumented migrants say they are being turned away from vaccination centers. But Botswana’s assistant […]
Chad Rebel Group FACT Says It’s Willing to Join National Dialogue
N’DJAMENA, CHAD – A Chadian military-political rebel group behind this year’s deadly insurgency said on Friday it was prepared to take part in a national dialogue proposed by transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby. Deby seized power in April after his father, the former president, was killed while visiting troops fighting the rebels, who had crossed […]
War-weary Libyans Yearn for End to Daily Blackouts
TRIPOLI, LIBYA – Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with generators ready to spring into action whenever the mains electricity supply cuts out. In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, repeated outbreaks of fighting have caused heavy damage to […]