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In Libya, political strife combined with blocked roads are holding up getting help to the East of the country in the wake of one of it’s most deadly environmental disasters.. More than 5,300 people have been killed and around 10, 000 are missing after devastating flooding but rescue operation have struggled to make it to where they’re needed most.
World suicide prevention day was marked at the start of the week.. It is a crucially important issue for the continent as Africa sadly has the highest average suicide rate globally.. 6 of the 10 countries in the world with the highest rates are on the continent, with Lesotho right at the top.. There’s a push for more infrastructure, openess, awareness and tools to prevent suicidal deaths…
The electoral campaign in Madagascar has barely begun but the process is already strongly criticized by opponents and civil society. Media recently revealed that the outgoing president Rajoelina is a French citizen. According to the law he should lose his Malagasy nationality and be banned from running for president. But he was allowed to by High Constitutional Court. The President of the Senate who is supposed to be acting president of the Republic declined for “personal reasons” which led the Court to give power to the government, an unprecedented situation, opening the way to a political crisis
