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Crowded together with 90 other migrants on a rickety fishing vessel bound for Spain, Moustapha Diouf watched 10 of them die, one by one, from heat and exhaustion. Worried about health risks posed by the corpses, Mr. Diouf had to throw the bodies overboard. Five were friends. “If we don’t do anything, we become accomplices in their deaths,” said Mr. Diouf, 54, sitting in a dusty office of the nonprofit he co-founded, empty but for one desk and a couple of chairs. “I will fight every day to stop young people from leaving.”

Persons: Moustapha Diouf, Diouf, ”, Mr, “ Locations: Spain, Europe

☆ Grace Wales Bonner Has Set Her Sights Beyond Fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Elizabeth Paton | More About Elizabeth Paton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Grace Wales Bonner’s approach to fashion can sometimes feel more like that of an academic rather than a designer. Her collections for Wales Bonner, the brand she started in 2015, are informed by dazzlingly intensive research spanning critical theory, music, literature, history and mysticism. Her clever embrace of so many perspectives and personalities, and her proudly Afro-Atlantic approach to fashion, has made Ms. Wales Bonner, 33, an increasingly influential figure in field. This year, she began showing her collections in Paris, the creative and commercial epicenter of luxury fashion. But Ms. Wales Bonner is also a polymath with artistic ambitions outside fashion.

Persons: Grace Wales, Wales Bonner, Haile Selassie, James Baldwin, Theaster Gates, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Moustapha Dimé, Terry Adkins Organizations: Adidas, Museum of Modern Art Locations: Harlem, Jamaica, Paris, New York, Betye Saar

☆ Senegal President Names New Finance, Energy Ministers in Reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Wednesday named new finance and energy ministers as part of a government reshuffle four months ahead of elections. Sall dismissed the government and reappointed Prime Minister Amadour Ba on Friday, without explaining the reasoning behind the decision. Among other changes, former Interior Minister Antoine Diome, who was criticised by the opposition for the government's crackdown on widespread protests earlier this year, was appointed oil and energy minister. Senegal will next year begin producing oil and gas from large offshore fields which are expected to transform the West African country's economy over the coming decades. Mamadou Moustapha Ba will run the finance and budget ministry.

Persons: Macky Sall, Sall, Amadour Ba, Antoine Diome, Mamadou Moustapha Ba, Doudou Ka, Ngouda Dione, Edward McAllister, Chris Reese Organizations: Reuters, Wednesday Locations: Senegal

☆ ‘Io Capitano’: An African odyssey inspired by true events wins at Venice Film Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In “Io Capitano” (“Me Captain”) by director Matteo Garrone, there is no shame in retreating into imagination. “Io Capitano” premiered last week at the Venice Film Festival, where Garrone won the award for best director and Sarr was named best young actor, and was released in Italian cinemas on September 7. Moustapha Fall attends a red carpet for "Io Capitano" at the Venice International Film Festival. “I started crying during the film,” Kouassi said, speaking the day after the premiere. “I think it is important – it is sending a very great message to Europe.”“Io Capitano” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6.

Persons: he’s, ”, Matteo Garrone, can’t, Moussa, Seydou Sarr, Garrone, Sarr, –, “, ” Garrone, Ousamane Sembène, “ Atlantics ”, Mati Diop, Mamadou Kouassi, Kouassi, Greta De Lazzaris, ” Sarr, Moustapha, Pascal Le Segretain, Seydou, , ” Kouassi, Libya , “ Matteo, TIZIANA FABI Organizations: CNN, Venice Film, Med, Cannes, French, Venice, Getty, West Locations: Europe, West Africa, Italy, Niger, Libya, Venice, Africa, Med Hondo, Senegal, Mauritania, French Senegalese, European, Ivorian, Caserta, Naples, Morocco, AFP

☆ Migrants not just numbers, Italian director says in Venice film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VENICE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - With migrant arrivals once again surging in Italy, director Matteo Garrone has brought a film to Venice showing the perilous journey from Africa to Europe through the eyes of two naive, but plucky Senegalese teenagers. "In these years we have got used to the idea that they are only numbers and we forget that behind these numbers there are people, there are families, there are dreams, there are souls," Garrone told Reuters following the premiere of "Me Captain". "(The film) was born out the idea of wanting to change the point of view," said Garrone, whose previous movies include the crime dramas "Gomorrah" and "Dogman". Almost 115,300 boat migrants have reached Italy so far this year against 61,870 at the same point in 2022. "Me Captain" is the second film tackling the theme of immigration at this year's Venice Film Festival, following "Green Border", which depicted the nightmares awaiting migrants at the crossing between Poland and Belarus.

Persons: Matteo Garrone, Garrone, Seydou Sarr, Crispian Balmer, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, United Nations, Golden Lion, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Italy, Venice, Africa, Europe, Libya, France, Senegal, Morocco, Poland, Belarus

☆ In flight from Sudan, refugees in Chad give birth alone without shelter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Mahamat Ramadane | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KOUFROUN, Chad, May 1 (Reuters) - At a refugee camp in remote eastern Chad, Amné Moustapha is close to giving birth. But many of the countries hosting new arrivals, including Chad, face their own problems including food shortages, drought and high prices, creating a humanitarian crisis beyond Sudan's borders that international agencies are struggling to contain. I hear that there are midwives but since we took refuge here several women have given birth without medical assistance. Her husband said that eight other women had given birth without help in the camp in Koufroun, where temperatures soar to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). "Several women have given birth here but have no shelter," said Moustapha's husband Khamis Asseid Ahmat Haron beside the unfinished stick frame of their new home.

☆ As African kids died, doctors fought for ban on toxic Indian syrup
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Maiden Managing Director Naresh Kumar Goyal told Reuters he had "not done anything wrong" and did not respond to further questions. In December, India’s health regulator said it did its own tests and found no toxins in the syrups. Yet even as the doctors’ evidence of toxins mounted, Gambian government officials told Reuters they wanted more proof. “We took their histories and asked them if they took the drugs, and we just knew” that the syrup was the culprit. If tests for toxins had been done in late July or early August, a sales ban could have saved dozens of children, she said.

☆ Global shares, U.S. Treasury yields fall; Fed minutes called 'outdated'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Treasury yields retreated after surging to three-month highs. "The bond market has already priced in more rate hikes but the stock market hasn't repriced to reflect all of the movement in the rates," Mounah added. The U.S. dollar gained due to the unexpected strength of the American economy revealed in recent economic data, notwithstanding interest rate hikes by the Fed. Oil prices fell 2% on growing concerns over oil demand as the Fed aims to keep hiking rates to reduce surging consumer prices. Gold prices fell as the U.S. dollar gained.

☆ Global shares, U.S. Treasury yields fall after Fed minutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Treasury yields retreated after surging to three-month highs. Benchmark 10-year yields made gains but were still lower at 3.9175% after the release of the minutes. The U.S. Treasury yield curve that measures the gap between yields on two- and 10-year Treasury notes , seen as an indicator of economic expectations, remained deeply inverted at minus 77.40 basis points. Oil prices fell 2% on growing concerns over oil demand as the Fed aims to keep hiking rates to reduce surging consumer prices. Gold prices fell as the U.S. dollar gained.

☆ Global shares, U.S. Treasury yields, fall ahead of Fed minutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 16, 2023. U.S. Treasury yields retreated after surging to three-month highs. The U.S. Treasury yield curve that measures the gap between yields on two- and 10-year Treasury notes , seen as an indicator of economic expectations, remained deeply inverted at minus 77.40 basis points. Oil prices fell 2% on growing concerns over oil demand as the Fed aims to keep hiking rates to reduce surging consumer prices. Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; Editing by Chris Reese and Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6 bln annually
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during her interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, November 11, 2022. Yellen said ending the war would be the best thing to help the global economy, but Treasury estimated that a Group of Seven-led price cap on Russian crude oil and refined products to limit Russia's revenues could save the 17 largest net oil-importing African countries $6 billion annually. G7 countries and Australia implemented the oil price cap on Dec. 5, banning the use of Western-supplied maritime insurance, finance and other services for cargoes priced above $60 per barrel. A further cap on Russian refined petroleum products, such as diesel and fuel oil, is due to take effect on Feb. 5. "We believe that the international community, including China, needs to provide meaningful debt relief to help countries regain their footing," she said.

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