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🇸🇴🇪🇸 Spanish warship rushes in to investigate suspected pirate attack off Somalia
A Spanish navy ship is sailing towards a Maltese-flagged commercial vessel that may have been hijacked by pirates off Somalia, the European Union's Somali counter piracy force said.
If confirmed, it would be the first successful hijacking involving Somali pirates since 2017 when a crackdown by international navies stopped a rash of seizures in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
EUNAVFOR's joint operations centre in Spain said it received an alert on Thursday about the "alleged pirate-hijacked vessel" Ruen, which was approximately 500 nautical miles east of Socotra Island.
EUNAVFOR said the Spanish warship Victoria had been sent to the scene "in order to gather more information and evaluate further actions".
#Spanish #Somalia
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🇺🇬🇲🇲 Uganda trying to rescue 22 trafficked nationals held in Myanmar
At least 22 Ugandans are being held captive in Myanmar after being trafficked there for forced work, according to the Ugandan internal affairs ministry.
The Ugandan government says it is trying to rescue the 17 men and five women who were recruited by “local leaders” in the suburbs of the capital, Kampala.
The victims, who are believed to be aged between 22 and 30, reportedly thought they were being recruited to be employed in supermarkets in Thailand and to do other casual or domestic work.
Interpol said reports have been received from Ugandan law enforcement of several citizens being taken to Dubai for employment before being diverted to Thailand and then to Myanmar.
#Uganda #Myanmar
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💰🇳🇬 World Bank to provide $750 mln for clean energy projects in Nigeria
The World Bank's fund for poor countries plans to provide a credit of $750 million for clean energy projects in Nigeria to increase the electricity.
The bank said that more than 85 million people lacked access to electricity in Nigeria as of 2021, with households and businesses reliant on expensive diesel and petrol generators.
It said the Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up project will be financed by the International Development Association credit and provide access to new or improved electricity supplies to more than 17.5 million Nigerians.
It added that the project will leverage parallel financing of $100 million from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and $200 million from Japan's International Cooperation Agency in addition to over $1 billion of private capital.
#WorldBank #Nigeria
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🇿🇲 Zambian ex-president challenges withdrawal of benefits
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has gone to court to challenge the withdrawal of his retirement benefits.
Last month, Lungu was stripped of his retirement benefits and privileges following his decision to return to active politics.
His office was reportedly closed, staff and security deployed and the vehicles he had been given by the government withdrawn.
Lungu described the government's decision as an infringement of his fundamental rights.
Lungu says that other individuals who had held high public offices and retired were not subjected to such restrictions.
However, the country's Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha dismissed Lungu's plea, saying reinstating his benefits while he was actively engaged in politics would be contrary to the law.
#Zambia
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🇳🇪🇹🇬 Niger junta agrees plan to restore democracy, Togo minister says
Niger's military leaders have agreed a plan for restoring democratic rule which will be presented to regional bloc ECOWAS for approval, Togo's foreign minister Robert Dussey said.
Dussey went to Niger to negotiate with the junta on behalf of the ECOWAS.
"We had an enriching work session with the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs of Niger. We worked and agreed on the content and timing of the transition," Dussey said.
"We are going to present this to the heads of states who are mediators and the ECOWAS Commission in the hope that in January, the timeline expected by ECOWAS will be known," he said.
He did not give further details on what had been agreed.
#Niger #Togo
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🇸🇩 Sudan's RSF advances on Wad Madani as eight-month-old war spreads
Sudan's army was trying to hold off attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday near Wad Madani, a major city that had been sheltered from fighting and taken in hundreds of thousands of civilians during eight months of war.
Clashes in the area, about 170 km southeast of Khartoum, threaten to open a new front.
A takeover of densely populated Wad Madani, where some government and aid services have relocated, would likely trigger massive displacement and deepen a humanitarian crisis.
The RSF, a paramilitary force that has recently gained momentum with takeovers of major cities, said that it was seeking to destroy army strongholds and that citizens in Wad Madani and surrounding El Gezira state should be reassured.
#Sudan
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More big shipping firms stop Red Sea routes after attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67738792?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
MSC, the world's largest shipping group, becomes the fourth company to divert ships following attacks.
Cardinal Becciu: Vatican court convicts former Pope adviser of financial crimes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67738595?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Italian cardinal Angelo Becciu is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes.
Samer Abudaqa: Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza drone strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67737038?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Samer Abudaqa died of wounds after a drone strike while working for Al Jazeera at a school.
7 Easy Home Additions That You Can Enjoy Year-Round
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Kuwaiti leader Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed dies aged 86
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67736721?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Sheikh Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah had led the country for the last three years.
The mountain wilderness where British teen Alex Batty lived for six years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67734560?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Since disappearing in 2017, the 17-year-old has reportedly been living in a commune near the French town of Quillan.
Hungary's Viktor Orban: Is one man blackmailing the EU?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67735680?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The nationalist Hungarian PM was the only leader blocking EU support for Ukraine at a Brussels summit.
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🇳🇪 - ECOWAS withdraw its recognition of Mohamed Bazoum as the legitimate president of Niger, months after coup. Niger is thus suspended from ECOWAS.
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🇸🇴 Ship hijacked off Somali coast, maritime organisation said
There are reports that a commercial ship has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
Britain's Maritime Trade Operation reported that the crew was no longer in control of the vessel, which was heading towards the Somali coast and was almost 700 nautical miles east of Bosaso.
It is not yet clear if this was an attack by Somali pirates or if it was carried out by Houthi rebels from Yemen.
The Houthi rebels have been attacking vessels in Red Sea shipping lanes in a campaign they say aims to support the Palestinians.
#Somalia
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🇲🇬 Madagascar's president sworn in for third term
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was sworn in for a third term after being declared winner of last month's presidential election, and vowed to pursue industrialisation and unity.
Rajoelina, 49, first came to power in a 2009 coup. He stepped down in 2014 but became president again after winning the 2018 election.
"I will be the president who unites all Malagasy people," Rajoelina told thousands of his supporters at the swearing-in ceremony in the capital Antananarivo, that was also attended by six heads of state.
#Madagascar
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🇰🇪🇸🇦 Kenya secures 2,500 jobs in Saudi Arabia said the president
Kenya has reached an agreement to send workers to Saudi Arabia, the country's President William Ruto says.
Under the deal nurses and other skilled workers will go to the Middle Eastern country from Kenya, with 2,500 workers planned for the first deployment.
"Previously, we only sent domestic workers, but now we can export skilled labour to Saudi Arabia and other countries," President Ruto said, adding that the workers will receive a monthly salary of 200,000 Kenyan shillings ($1,300).
Ruto says he has been canvassing the world for employment opportunities for Kenyans, whom he said are globally renowned for their hard work.
Ruto has previously said that he wants more Kenyans to find work abroad to ease country's unemployment crisis and send back money to help with Kenya's dwindling foreign exchange reserves
#Kenya #SaudiArabia
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🇸🇴 Somalia formally joins East Africa bloc as eighth member
Somalia has formally joined the East African Community (EAC), three weeks after member states admitted it into the regional bloc.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the treaty granting the country full membership to the bloc on Friday.
The country was admitted into the EAC on 24 November, becoming the bloc's eighth member after Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
President Mohamud on Friday said that the formalisation of Somalia's integration into the bloc was a "beacon of hope for a future filled with possibilities" and that his country looked forward to contributing to the progress of the region.
#Somalia #EAC
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🇳🇪 West Africa court orders reinstatement of ousted Niger leader Bazoum
A West African court ruled on Friday that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for a return to democratic rule through his reinstatement.
The Niger coup was widely condemned, led to sanctions from the ECOWAS, and prompted widespread calls for Bazoum's release and his return to rule. Bazoum and his family referred their case to the ECOWAS Court of Justice in September.
Ecowas also has finally suspended Niger's membership after the ruling military junta refused to reinstate deposed Bazoum.
Another attempt by ECOWAS to gain a better bargaining position with Niger, nothing more. Especially considering the Bazoum was abandoned by France and the US.
#ECOWAS #Niger
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🇨🇩 The opposition figure announces alliance M23 rebels to create political platform in DR Congo
A Congolese opposition figure, living in exile, on Friday announced the creation of a political-military "Alliance Fleuve Congo" with M23 rebels and other armed groups in order to "save the country". At the helm is Corneille Nangaa, the former chairman of the Electoral Commission.
The announcement was held in Nairobi, Kenya. The M23 "president" Bertrand Bisimwa also attended it.
Corneille Nangaa has announced that his platform currently comprises 17 political parties, two political groupings and several armed groups.
According to Nangaa, the aim of the "Alliance Fleuve Congo" is to "save the DRC", to re-establish its sovereignty and put an end to insecurity.
Since going into exile in recent months, Corneille Nangaa has continued to lash out at Félix Tshisekedi, whose victory in the December 2018 presidential election he had declared.
#DRC
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Former South Africa president Jacob Zuma 'won't vote for ANC'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67737039?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Jacob Zuma says it would be a betrayal to campaign for Cyril Ramaphosa and has launched a new party.
Hostage shooting incident 'against rules of engagement', IDF says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67738111?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Three hostages were mistakenly killed in Gaza on Friday by Israeli troops in an area of intense fighting.
5 Personalized Christmas Gifts for Your Husband
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4 Meaningful Support Solutions for Those Struggling With Addiction
Embarking on the transformative journey of addiction recovery requires a profound acknowledgement that the path ahead is laden with challenges, underscoring the critical importance of a robust and multifaceted support system.
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Coral islands in Australia at risk of disappearing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67735681?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The disappearance of the islands could affect Australia's maritime borders, a study says.
Watch: Sun emits strongest solar flare in years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-67734790?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Space agency Nasa captured the burst that temporarily disrupted radio communication on Earth.
Lockerbie bombing: The ultimate detective story?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67659046?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 was the deadliest terrorist attack carried out in the UK.
🇾🇪 - Major compagnies are massively announcing suspension of Red Sea traffic.
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