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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
DR Congo's presidential candidates crisscross conflict-torn east
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Candidates have hit the campaign trail in the DR Congo's conflict-wracked east ahead of elections, holding rallies where the mood is festive -- even if the issue of security is never far from the surface.
Kenya's Odinga rules out talks over protests without mediator
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Opposition leader Raila Odinga told AFP Wednesday that he would not hold talks with President William Ruto without a third-party mediator after months of anti-government protests.
One dead in Kenya as fresh opposition protests turn violent
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» NAIROBI - A young man was shot dead in Kenya on Monday, a hospital said, as anti-government protests turned increasingly violent, with police firing tear gas at opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy and his supporters, and looters going on the rampage.
A greener ride: West Africans switch on to electric motorbikes
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» COTONOU: Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around Cotonou, saying she enjoys a ride that is quiet and clean.
No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport
AFP, Published on 18/06/2022
» There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital.
World rallies for Women's Day under Ukraine war shadow
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» MADRID - Protesters took to the streets worldwide for International Women's Day Tuesday with demonstrators clashing with police in Turkey and many rallies urging solidarity with war-torn Ukraine.
In Haiti, gangs and poverty added to tragedy of deadly tanker blast
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» CAP-HAïTIEN (HAITI) - The deep-seated struggles of daily life in Haiti -- worsened by the rising power of gangs -- created conditions that added to the death toll in a tanker explosion that killed at least 75 people in the country's second-largest city this week.
Haiti tanker truck explosion kills 62, injures dozens
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» CAP-HAïTIEN: A petrol tanker truck exploded and killed at least 62 people in Haiti on Tuesday, after bystanders swarmed the vehicle to collect spilled fuel -- a precious commodity in a nation plagued by acute shortages.
At least 50 killed in Haiti fuel tanker explosion
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» PORT-AU-PRINCE: At least 50 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, according to a local official, with overwhelmed local medics saying the toll was feared to rise.