Africa in brief – East Africa

• Laboratory fungus kills 99% of mosquitoes that carry malaria

One study suggests that a fungus – genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin – can quickly kill a large number of mosquitoes that spread malaria.

Trials conducted by the University of Maryland in the United States – and by the IRSS research institute in Burkina Faso in the African country have shown that mosquito populations have collapsed by 99% in the United States. 45 days space.

The fungus Metarhizium pingshaense naturally infects Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria that kills more than 400,000 people a year.

Around the world, there are about 219 million cases of malaria each year.

• East African babies rescued from clashes in Libya

Nearly 150 East African migrants, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one year old, were rescued from conflict-ridden Libya and airlifted Thursday to Rome by the United States. United Nations agency for refugees.
The people transported by plane – including a two-month-old baby – came from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated from Libya or have been resettled until 2019.

Thursday, the Italian Navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean but three others died of thirst in the desert of Niger after the breakdown of their vehicle.

• Sudanese authorities shut down Al Jazeera's office

The Sudanese authorities on Thursday closed the office of Al Jazeera television station in Khartoum.

Qatari television said its office was shut down and its journalists banned reporting in the country with immediate effect, without giving any reason.

The military council and demonstrators have accused the killing of several protesters in the last two days.

• Burundi threatens to sever ties with UN envoy

Burundi threatens to cut ties with the appointed UN envoy in the country, in anticipation of next year 's elections, according to UN diplomats.

The UN Security Council abruptly canceled a meeting on Burundi scheduled for Tuesday after the Burundian government announced it was ready to end relations with Michel Kafando, council diplomats said.

Kafando, a former president of Burkina Faso, was appointed in 2017 to lead the UN's efforts in Burundi, which was ravaged by more than a decade of war that ended in 2006 .

The council will hold an in camera meeting on Burundi in June following a request from France.

• Split: UN reaffirms arms embargo in South Sudan

The United Nations Security Council has extended Thursday for a year the arms embargo and sanctions imposed on South Sudan despite the resistance of African members (Equatorial Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa) , Russia and China.
A draft resolution drafted by the United States was adopted by 10 votes to 5, with 10 abstentions. Resolutions of the 15-member council require a minimum of nine votes to pbad.
The measure renews until 31 May 2020 an arms embargo imposed on South Sudan, as well as a freeze on badets and a ban on travel around the world hitting eight South Sudanese nationals for fueling the war.

South Sudan on Tuesday called for the lifting of sanctions, which is opposed by a consortium of 16 human rights agencies.

• Morocco claims to have caught Italian gangster on the run

A fugitive from the Italian mafia wanted for drug trafficking, murder, extortion and other alleged crimes has been arrested in Morocco.

Raffaele Vallefuoco, 55, is accused of being at the head of a Polverino clan cell of the ruthless criminal Camorra group based in Naples, Italy. notAn international security agency said in a statement Thursday.

He was arrested Wednesday in Tangier under an Italian arrest warrant, with the help of Interpol.

The Camorra is one of the three main Italian mafia groups, alongside the Cosa Nostra and the Ndrangheta, in Sicily, mainly in the region of Calabria.

• Cameroonian Siakam ignites Raptors in NBA Finals

Pascal Siakam achieved a remarkable performance in his debut in the NBA finals, scoring 32 points, his best career result.

The shootings allowed the Raptors to win against defending Golden State Champion 118-109 in Thursday's opening game of the "best of seven" championship final.

The first Cameroonian player in the finals of the NBA was discovered in a basketball youth camp without borders.

• Cameroon declares public emergency of polio after 4 years absence

Cameroon has declared a public emergency after reporting a case of polio in the Far North, four years after the disappearance of the virus.

The health minister announced Thursday that a confirmed case of type 2 polio had been discovered in the Mada region in the remote north, on the border between Chad and Nigeria.

Officials suspect the epidemic was caused in part by vaccine refusals and cross-border movement of people.

• Wall Street Dads Earn $ 5 Million from Chase for Discrimination in Parental Leave

Wall Street fathers won a major victory on Thursday as JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $ 5 million to male employees who felt discriminated against in parental leave.

The leading US bank in terms of badets has reached an agreement with plaintiffs in a clbad action lawsuit accusing it of not granting them the same rights as mothers between 2011 and 2011. 2017.

The suit was filed jointly by the Ohio Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Outten & Golden LLP law firm on behalf of the fathers of JPMorgan Chase.

• Uber Reports $ 1 Billion First Quarter Loss Despite Revenue Growth

Uber, the leader of Ride Share, announced Thursday a loss of $ 1 billion in the first quarter of this year, which raises doubts about its profitability.

The first report on results since the company went public is born of the ambitions of developing a global brand that helps transform local transport.

The key question is whether Uber can achieve profitability using this model because it disrupts traditional taxi and transportation services.

Uber plans to become "the Amazon of Transport" in a future where people share rather than own vehicles, electric scooters to electric bicycles and electronic planes.

• Angolan rebel leader Savimbi gets burial at union

The leader of the UNITA rebel movement in Angola, Jonas Savimbi, will attend a public funeral Saturday, 17 years after his death during a shootout with government soldiers who sounded the death knell for the first time. a long civil war.

Since then, an armed force backed by the United States has become the main opposition political party led by Isaias Samakuva.

UNITA's official spokesperson, Alcides Sakala Simoes, said the funeral would be "an important moment … in building national reconciliation" in this oil-rich country.

The former Portuguese colony became a battleground of the Cold War after independence in 1975, pitting the United States, the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa and the United States. Zaire where 500,000 people died.

• The body of the DRC opposition leader arrives in Kinshasa for funeral

The body of Etienne Tshisekedi, renowned leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo and former prime minister, arrived in Kinshasa on Thursday to be buried there.

The arrival was a moment of emotion for the country led by his son Felix, who was leading a delegation at the airport.
Opponent of authoritarianism in the DRC, Tshisekedi died in Belgium in February 2017 at the age of 84 years.
A white casket draped in the national flag was unloaded from the plane and escorted by badistants with white gloves. S

The funeral will be held Saturday in Nsele and presidents of four African countries – Angola, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Togo – should attend.