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Drought Situation & EW Phase ClassificationBiophysical Indicators• The county experienced depressed seasonal rains with late onset and cessation.• The vegetation greenness was normal.• VCI forecast indicates normal to above normal vegetatio...

BANGUI/PARIS— France is fighting back over reports from the Central African Republic that its national has been engaged in terrorist activities.Prosecutors in the country have formally accused Juan Remy Quignolot espionage, conspiracy and harming state...

The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu has told members of the Portfolio Committee (PC) on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation that substantial progress has been made in improving operational efficiency of the Depar...

PARIS— France suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic “complicit” in an anti-French campaign. The...

GENEVA— The United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled on the illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and requested the government of Cabo...

The COVID-19 pandemic reached Africa in February 2020 with the first case detected in Egypt. In West and Central Africa (WCA), Nigeria registered the...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally shaped mobility in the region, as the sanitary situation, mobility restrictions and other economic measures adopted by states...

Sudan is a country of origin, destination and transit on the migratory route from the Horn of Africa to Europe (mainly through the Central...