Day: October 20, 2022

Chad declares state of emergency as floods affect one million

N’DJAMENA— Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in the country.   Floods are not uncommon during Chad’s rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its southern regions. But this year, the rains came early and were the heaviest in decades.   “Starting now, a state of emergency will be instituted to better contain and manage this natural disaster,” said Deby in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday.   The flooding has affected 636 localities in 18 out of 23 provinces

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Africa Lags Behind Rest of World in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

The World Health Organization warns Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated, putting the continent’s 1.2 billion people at higher risk for this ever-evolving virus. New numbers from the WHO show a significant decline in new vaccinations, with immunization rates dropping by more than half between July and September. At this rate, WHO officials say most countries in Africa will miss the global goal of vaccinating 70 percent of their populations by the end of the year. Despite this setback, WHO says modest progress is being made towards vaccinating high-risk population groups, particularly the elderly. In other good news, the agency

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About 50 People Killed in Chad Protests, Government Says

About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still compiling casualties from what he described as an armed insurrection. But human rights groups said that unarmed civilians were massacred as security forces brutally cracked down on demonstrations in the capital, N’Djamena, and several other cities. The vast, military-run Central African nation has been in crisis since the April 2021

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Nippon Express Europe Establishes Two New Subsidiaries in Morocco

– Move Aimed at Strengthening Automotive Industry-related Logistics Services – TOKYO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nippon Express Europe GmbH (hereinafter “NX Europe”), a group company of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., has spun off two of its existing business locations in Morocco — the Morocco Branch and the Tanger Med Logistics Center — into subsidiary companies, newly establishing Nippon […]

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LeddarTech leva tecnologia de software de fusão e percepção de dados brutos para eventos automotivos em Motor City Detroit em novembro

QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de software ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar sua participação em dois eventos automotivos importantes em Detroit, Michigan, onde fará uma demonstração da sua solução única de fusão e percepção de sensores […]

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