Issued on: 27/04/2023 – 21:27 Sudan’s army and a paramilitary force battled in Khartoum on Thursday, testing U.S. and African efforts to pause a conflict that has turned residential areas into war zones and sent tens of thousands of people fleeing for their lives. Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are locked in a power struggle threatening to destabilise the wider region.The RSF accused the army of carrying out air strikes on its forces on Thursday and spreading “false rumours”.…
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Issued on: 27/04/2023 – 22:41 Thousands have been displaced by ongoing clashes between soldiers and M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. Also a new exhibition in Senegal bears witness to the suffering of Gambians during the 22 year rule of former president Yaya Jammeh. And we sample the diversity of Cameroonian cuisine.
Home » Spanish Vocab and Grammar » Spanish Infinitive Verbs: 5 Uses for Unconjugated Verb Forms Infinitives are the plain, base forms of Spanish verbs—the forms you see when you pop open a Spanish dictionary or dictionary app. You might also see them scrawled across the board and at the front of a Spanish classroom, underlined with lists of conjugations underneath. But what about the infinitive verb itself? We’ll cover how these verb forms are used in Spanish sentences and conversations to express certain ideas. Contents Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click…
Family-friendly community event at The Hendon Hub Bladez Hendon is hosting a fun afternoon for children and families to enjoy with free haircuts for kids. Supported by the City of Charles Sturt, Bladez Hendon will launch their new barber business at The Hendon Hub. There will be free haircuts for kids, a gaming zone with console gaming challenges, life-size Mario cart, mini golf, food stalls and more. Circuit Deli will have a delicious spit roast bbq with combo yiros and signature chicken rolls and there will be music throughout the afternoon. For more information and all enquiries please visit the…
/ Shows / Across Africa Issued on: 27/04/2023 – 22:55 12:33 Across Africa © FRANCE24 In Ivory Coast, support workers head out into rural communities to offer more support to families living with autism. Also we unwrap the mystery of Egypt’s longest serving pharaoh, Ramses the second, as his sarcophagus makes a stop in Paris on its world tour. And Nigerian kids race to learn traditional Yoruba percussion before the drums fall silent. Read more on related topics:
Issued on: 28/04/2023 – 05:23 Sudan’s two warring factions said on Thursday they would prolong a ceasefire agreement by 72 hours, but violence again rocked the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur as the US said ceasefire violations were worrying. Hundreds have died and tens of thousands of people have fled for their lives in two weeks of conflict between the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Together, they toppled a civilian government in an October 2021 coup but are now locked in a power struggle that has derailed an internationally backed transition to democracy and is threatening to destabilise…
/ Shows / Eye on Africa Issued on: 27/04/2023 – 22:57 13:25 EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24 In tonight’s edition: Sudan’s capital Khartoum was still struck with gunfire exchanges before rival generals agreed to accept a three day truce. Meanwhile citizens continue to flock to Sudan’s borders to escape the violence. The U.S postpones its meeting over HIV and AIDS in Uganda over Museveni’s looming anti-LGBT bill. And residents in DR Congo’s Bunagana fear to come home after escaping the violence vetween the Congolese army and M23 rebels. Read more on related topics:
/ Shows / Across Africa Issued on: 27/04/2023 – 23:02 12:53 In Rwanda 29 years after the genocide that cost at least 800,000 lives and the psychological toll on those who lived through the bloodshed, continues to weigh heavily. Also we hear from some of the young visionaries in the Seychelles coming up with ways to keep their traditional ways of life afloat. And Kenya’s the first country on the continent to make coding an integral part of the school curriculum. Read more on related topics:
Issued on: 28/04/2023 – 01:17 An attack on a military detachment in east Burkina Faso on Thursday left 33 soldiers dead and 12 injured, the military-led government said, the latest bout of violence in a country locked in fighting against a jihadist insurgency. The attack on Thursday morning targeted the military detachment of Ougarou, in Burkina Faso’s Est Region.The army said in a statement that the besieged soldiers killed at least 40 “terrorists” before reinforcements arrived.Burkina Faso is one of several West African nations battling a violent Islamist insurgency that has spread from neighbouring Mali over the past decade, killing thousands and displacing over 2…
Home » Spanish Vocab and Grammar » Demystifying the Upside Down Question Mark and Exclamation Point You’re reading a Spanish text and suddenly, ¡wham! You’re greeted by an upside down punctuation mark. This can be a bit of a surprise if you’ve never run into an upside down question mark or an upside down exclamation point before. There’s no real secret to mastering this topic—you just need to know why and how to use upside down punctuation marks in Spanish. In this post, you’ll learn why Spanish has upside down punctuation, when to use it and how to type inverted…