President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission. Issued on: 15/09/2023 – 19:04 1 min The ambassador is living off “military rations”, Macron told reporters in the eastern town of Semur-en-Auxois.”As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy,” he said.”They are preventing food deliveries,” he said, in an apparent reference to Niger’s new military rulers. “He is eating military rations.”Niger’s military leaders told French ambassador…
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Cookie Decorating Comes to Unley Shopping Centre Welcome to the exciting pastel world – Cookie Safari! Embark on a free adventure during the October School Holidays. Jam packed over 4 days – Tuesday 3 to Friday 6 October 2023! Once inside the safari, your little explorers will be introduced to the main activity – cookie decorating! Each child will receive an activity placemat, 2 x cookies with white fondant as their blank canvas and an assortment of coloured edible ink pens to decorate their cookies along with a cookie sleeve with a custom Unley Shopping Centre sticker to take home.…
Since a military coup in Niger this summer, work days for Ahmed Alhousseïni have been consumed with calls from increasingly worried clients and colleagues asking the same questions.How, and where, could they get food?An executive for a leading food importer in Niger, Mr. Alhousseïni said one recent morning that he had spent his weekend hunting for cooking oil in Niamey, the capital city, with no luck. Tomatoes he had bought weeks earlier were rotting in Ghana, pasta was stranded in Senegal and rice supplies would run out by the end of the month. On the busy street outside his office…
Issued on: 14/09/2023 – 10:19Modified: 14/09/2023 – 10:31 01:38 In Libya, international aid has reached devastated areas in support of local rescue teams. This after massive flash floods over the weekend, which authorities say, killed over 5 thousand people, with 10 thousand still missing and tens of thousands more displaced. FRANCE 24’s Charlotte Hughes and Jade Lévin tell us more. Read more on related topics:
Issued on: 14/09/2023 – 10:28Modified: 14/09/2023 – 10:34 01:16 © France 24 Meanwhile, search and rescue operations continue in Morocco following last week’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 3 thousand people. With hopes of finding survivors dwindling, teams are working hard to get aid to those who did survive the disaster. FRANCE 24’s Luke Shrago tells us more from Marrakesh. Read more on related topics:
Home » Spanish Vocabulary » Phone Conversations in Spanish: 66 Versatile Words and Phrases to Use When Calling Someone While phone conversations are common in any language, many Spanish learners overlook this important skill or assume that general conversation practice will prepare them. However, there are many phrases that are specific to phone calls that you might not use in general conversation. That’s why you need to prepare ahead of time. Doing so can give you all the needed words and phrases you need to hold a successful phone conversation. Dive into this post to learn over 60 words and…
Wirraway Homestead Musters, Horse Adventure Days, and Horse Helper Training Day Calling all horse lovers! Wirraway Homestead will be running Muster Days, Horse Adventure Days and a Horse Helper Training Day during the October school holidays. Wirraway Homestead Musters Held in school holidays, Wirraway Homestead Musters are Christian adventure camps where kids aged 12 to 14 are encouraged to build new relationships, grow in Christ and have a great time. Held over three days and two nights where kids sleep in bunkhouses and are supervised by bunkhouse leaders, Wirraway Homestead Spring Muster is packed with fun and excitement where each…
Issued on: 14/09/2023 – 11:09Modified: 14/09/2023 – 11:27 01:39 Hopes of finding survivors of the earthquake that killed over 2900 people in Morocco are fading ..The high Atlas mountains were the worst hit but some communities are still waiting for help. In Marrakech anger is growing over the slow pace of the government’s response. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Viette tells us more. Read more on related topics:
Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people. Issued on: 15/09/2023 – 03:57Modified: 15/09/2023 – 03:55 3 min The enormous surge of water burst two upstream dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean.An AFP photographer said central neighbourhoods on either side of the river, which normally dries up at this time of year, looked as if a steam…