The floods currently affecting Central and West Africa have already impacted more than 700,000 people, according to a report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This alarming situation is the result of torrential rains that have hit the region just two months into the rainy season. "The Office f...

Вести. В странах Африки открывают подготовительные факультеты на базе "Русских домов" На Африканском континенте успешно завершился образовательный эксперимент. В "Русских домах" в Замбии, Танзании и Эфиопии местные студенты прошли интенсивный курс изучения русского языка. Это позволяет им сэкономить время и деньги перед отправкой на обучение в Росс...

 Severe flooding has forced people displaced by Sudan's civil war to relocate once again, adding further suffering to the plight of families already exhausted by conflict. Families who had been living in a school complex in the eastern province of Kassala awoke to find floodwaters had crept up while they slept. T-shirts and trousers covered in...

 On Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the chief of the World Health Organization, summoned an "emergency" meeting of international experts as cases of the most dangerous Mpox virus variant surge in African countries. Reports suggest that this variant is highly infectious, allowing it to spread rapidly among individuals, prompting serious ...

 The engine of a wooden boat exploded and sank in a river in southern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, local police said Thursday. The explosion and sinking on the Ezetu 1 River a day earlier was the latest in a series of deadly boat accidents that increasingly point to regulatory failures. It was unclear what might have caused the boat's ...

Замглавы МИД России Михаил Богданов и посол Чада в Москве Адам Бешир Махамуд обсудили вопросы дальнейшего укрепления традиционно дружественных российско-чадских отношений.8 августа 2024 г. Спецпредставитель Президента РФ по Ближнему Востоку и странам Африки, замглавы МИД России Михаил Богданов и посол Чада в Москве Адам Бешир Махамуд подтвердили на...

 A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country's fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term. Abir Moussi, a 49-year-old lawyer and the head of the right-wing Free Destourian Party, was arrested in October after criticizing the el...

South African police said they rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg. Police carried out a search at the property on Sunday for a person reported to have been kidnapped and discovered the migrants, they said. Two people were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking. The a...

Американские ученые из Университета штата Пенсильвания выяснили, что необычный вулкан Олдоиньо-Ленгаи в Танзании быстро уходит под землю на протяжении последних 10 лет.Исследование опубликовано в научном журнале Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).Олдоиньо-Ленгаи — единственный в мире вулкан, активно извергающий карбонатитовую лаву — чрезвычайно тек...

 Many visually impaired students in Africa still struggle to access braille texts, leading to high school dropout rates due to slow progress in assistive technology. However, a team of developers from Uganda has created the Blind Assistant app, which can read documents aloud to help address this issue. Susan Nakajje, one of the co-founders of ...

 Several sites in South Africa associated with the country's long and bloody anti-apartheid struggle have recently been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The system of institutionalized racial segregation came into being in South Africa following the Second World War. ...

Введение санкций против России имеет серьезные последствия для поставок зерна в беднейшие страны Африки, гуманитарная ситуация там ухудшилась, заявила в интервью РИА Новости специальный докладчик ООН по вопросу о негативном воздействии односторонних принудительных мер на осуществление прав человека Елена Довгань.«"Односторонние принудительные меры ...

Прибывшую в Севастополь делегацию из города Тиес Республики Сенегал (Западная Африка) поразило трепетное отношение к сохранению истории в инфраструктуре общественных пространств. Об этом рассказал мэр и глава делегации Бабакар Диоп, его слова приводит пресс-служба севастопольского правительства."Больше всего меня поразило как благоустроены территор...

 The ongoing violence in Sudan has lasted for more than 15 months, causing significant obstacles to humanitarian aid and leading to famine in parts of North Darfur, particularly in Zamzam IDP camp south of El Fasher, as reported by The Famine Review Committee (FRC) of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Khalid Mohamed Elba...

31 июля 2024 г. состоялся круглый стол лауреатов первого Международного конкурса российских и африканских журналистов: «Великие личности в истории российско-африканских отношений», приуроченного к 225-летию со дня рождения А.С. Пушкина. Организатором круглого стола выступил Российско-Африканский клуб МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова в партнерстве с Союзом...

 Moroccan climate experts are warning that the severe heatwave the country is currently experiencing will continue. They say temperatures are reaching as high as 47 degrees Celsius in many regions and will likely last until at least Friday. "Dry and hot desert wind from the southern Moroccan Sahara, also known as the Sirocco, continues to blow...

 Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of monkeypox as African health officials scramble to stem the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines. Nairobi announced a new outbreak on Wednesday, after a case was detected in a passenger traveling from Uganda to Rwanda at a border post in southern Kenya. The Cen...

 Flooding in Sudan's eastern Kassala province has compounded the hardship of displaced people who were seeking shelter there. In the area known as the Industrial School, one of the biggest displacement camps in Kassala, people were pleading for help. Ali Abdul Jabbar, an internally displaced man from Sennar explains "We arrived from Sennar and...

 In the heart of the city of Marrakech, among its alleys and ancient markets, can be found an age-old Moroccan art - wool felt craft. With roots going back centuries, it's a traditional craft that embodies the ancient cultural heritage of Morocco. This craft however is facing major challenges that could lead to its extinction. Mohammed Belkhou...

Первой леди Зимбабве Оксилии Мнангагве переданы два ящика картошки, выращенной на подворье президента Белоруссии Александра Лукашенко, сообщил в субботу, 27 июля, телеканал "Беларусь 1". Напомним, что Мнангагве посещала республику в начале июля и встречалась с белорусским лидером. В конце текущей недели Зимбабве по приглашению первой леди страны по...