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On March 13, 2024 damage to underwater fibre optic cables caused an internet outage in major parts of Africa especially in West Africa with Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana the worst affected countries.
The 2024 South Sudan floods refer to catastrophic flooding across the African nation of South Sudan, resulting in "over 735,000 people across 38 of South Sudan’s 78 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area" being directly impacted, and 65,000 people being displaced, of which 41,000 were displaced from Warrap.
In 2024, heavy rainfall impacted several countries across West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon and Ghana. At least 1,500 were killed and more than a million were displaced. [1] The rainy season in West Africa lasts from June to September, with June alone producing prolonged deadly and damaging floods. [2]
On 1 June 2024, South African Weather Service reported that South Africa was going under a cut-off low pressure system, which occurs when a low pressure system detaches from a jet stream. The agency predicted that it would stall over the Eastern coast of South Africa area for several days and produce heavy rain, severe winds, and a cold snap ...
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A remembrance of Adler and her sobering approach to movies is the segue to this annual consensus regarding the best and worst cinematic endeavors as we close the doors on 2024, a year with a ...
2024 South African general election: The ANC party fails to win a majority of the vote for the first time in South Africa's democratic history. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election : President Andry Rajoelina 's party, Tanora Malagasy Vonona , loses their majority at the National Assembly , winning only 80 seats out of 163.