Rebecca Adams

Sierra Leone’s uneasy quiet after the Freetown insurrection exposes underlying tension

The assaults on Sunday occurred as a deep-seated sense of animosity among Sierra Leoneans feeling the pinch of a faltering economy. Freetown is gradually becoming more peaceful after shooting over the weekend sent the nation’s capital into a state of terror. Early on Sunday morning, gunfire broke out as armed individuals stormed Wilberforce Barracks, the…

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What did Elon Musk tell Netanyahu about his trip to Israel, and why did he go there?

Elon Musk, the CEO of X, has been accused of promoting anti-Semitic remarks and has visited kibbutzim that have been targeted by Hamas. During his visit to Israel on Monday, billionaire businessman Elon Musk—who has been charged with promoting anti-Semitic content on his social networking platform X—met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The software tycoon…

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Amidst the Israeli siege, the WHO warns that disease might kill more people in Gaza than bombs.

The World Health Organization warns that Gaza’s broken healthcare and sanitation infrastructure need to be repaired. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that if the sanitation and health systems in the Gaza Strip are not fixed, more people may perish from illness than from bombardment. Since Israel began its airstrikes on Gaza on October…

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In Gujarat, India, lightning strikes claim 24 lives; more rain is expected.

Although Gujarat is used to weather-related disasters, significant downpours are seldom predicted in the state during the winter. In the last two days, the western Indian state of Gujarat has had 24 lightning-related deaths and around 23 rain-related injuries, according to government officials. As of Monday morning, the rains are still falling. According to state…

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