Author: catfish

Ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election scheduled for October 6, many Tunisians are taking stock of the past five years under the presidency of Kais Saied. The country remains divided between his long-term supporters, and opponents who say the regime is repressive. Our reporters Lilia Blaise and Hamdi Tlili went to meet voters on both sides of the political divide, from Tunis to Paris.

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In tonight’s edition, At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday. Also, Kinshasa will begin a vaccination campaign on Saturday, three days later than planned. And The Zimbabwean government will this month pay an initial $20 million to foreign white and local Black farmers who lost land in farm invasions under former leader Robert Mugabe.

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A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have been documenting its natural wonders. Their work has been captured in a new documentary that’s to be shown on French television next week. Dr Wright is the founder and executive director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and Centre ValBio, which is a world-renowned research campus in…

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Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea’s independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they’re looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country’s past dictator glosses over the tens of thousands of deaths attributed to his regime, with access to the notorious Camp Boiro concentration camp now closed to victims’ families. Our correspondent Sarah Sakho reports.

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Book Review of Can i Have a Phone?Sponsored* | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review Can i Have a Phone? Written by Joshua McGrath Illustrated by Karina Bulgakova Ages: 6-12 | 55 Pages Publisher: Joshua McGrath (2024) | ISBN: 979-8856252049 What to Expect: Technology, responsibility, imagination, experience, and peer pressure. Leonard Winowski has a REAL problem. He needs a phone—he’s ten years old, and everyone else at school has one—but his mother doesn’t care! She isn’t interested in his happiness, so she keeps bringing him home books to read instead. Then, when his English teacher asks him to…

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  Get Stoked! is a FREE bike riding community event by Lighthouse Youth Projects Inc. Go along on Saturday 5 October 2024 for an MTB jam session at the Lynton 4 Cross Track from 10am – 2pm. There will be good times, hi-fives and berm shralps. Event-goers can take along friends or make some new ones. There will also be some cool challenges and giveaways throughout.  Event-goers can park at the Lynton SES sheds or ditch the car and ride in to meet the group.  This event is supported by the City of Mitcham,  PayDirt Project and Santa Cruz Bicycles. …

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The Role of GCSE SubjectsThe journey to college success doesn’t begin when your child submits their UCAS application; it starts much earlier, with the choices they make for their GCSE subjects. The subjects your child studies at GCSE level will not only affect their A-level options but will also shape their future academic and career paths.For example, if your child is considering a career in engineering, choosing GCSE subjects like maths and science is essential, as these will serve as the foundation for A-levels and further studies in the field. Alternatively, if they have a passion for literature or the…

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Mauritius says the UK’s handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago’s colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain’s last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 and up to 2,000 Chagossians were expelled to make way for a military base. Mauritius says it’s high time the colonial bullying was addressed. Now some Chagos islanders want to return to their ancestral home.

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