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Mexican officials say close to accessing trapped miners
Mexican officials say close to accessing trapped miners
by  AFP

Mexican authorities said on Friday they are in a position to enter the flooded coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week. Since the August 3 accident, there have been no signs of life from the 10 miners trapped inside.

Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
by  AFP

Ethiopia's massive hydro-electric dam project on a tributary of the Nile has raised regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the huge river for 97 percent of its water supply, and with Sudan. - Egyptian thirst - Egypt, an arid nation of nearly 100 million people, depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water needs, including for agriculture.

Eleven died in Gambia's worst floods in 50 years
Eleven died in Gambia's worst floods in 50 years
by  AFP

The Gambia suffered its worst flooding in "nearly half a century" late last month, killing 11 people and internally displacing more than 5,000, its disaster agency said in a report. "The suburbs in urban settlements have been the hardest hit", the agency said, with 11 deaths reported and 5,407 people internally displaced.

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