Mozambique

More than 90 individuals lost their lives in a devastating boat capsizing incident, authorities confirmed. The catastrophic event, which occurred on Sunday, underscores the perilous conditions faced by those fleeing the ongoing cholera epidemic gripping the nation.

NEW YORK - A debate requested by Russia to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has again failed to make it to the UN Security Council agenda after six of 15 members of the top UN body voted in favour and nine abstained on Thursday.

Russia, China, Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Mozambique voted for the request.

NEW YORK - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in New York on Monday Serbia was disappointed that the truth about the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) had been silenced in the UN Security Council.

Russia has called for an urgent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting scheduled for January 12 to address the recent military strikes conducted by the United States and the United Kingdom in Yemen. The move comes after US forces, supported by the UK, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The United Nations Security Council demanded on Wednesday an "immediate" end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea.

The resolution passed "demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security."

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.

The leaked briefing notes were prepared by the UAE's COP28 team for summit president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ahead of meetings with foreign governments between July and October this year.

As in other African nations, the Muslim terrorists of “Islamic State in Mozambique” (ISM) are deliberately targeting Christians

The largest ruby in the world will be offered by Sotheby's in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Apr 17, and is estimated to fetch more than US$30 million.

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy has risen to more than 1,000 people, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said today.
The president did not give an explanation for why the death toll jumped so much from an estimate of more than 500 people on March 20, but hundreds of people are still missing in Malawi, Reuters said.

Africa is breaking up or "rifting" into two parts and a new ocean is being born, scientists have said.
This opens the way for a whole new ocean to pass through that gap, writes Blic.
So, countries like Zambia and Uganda could one day have their own coastlines if the landmass continues to separate.