US government shutdown causes major flight delays and cancellation
• 6 de nov. 2025, 11:00
1 min de lecture
The longest government shutdown in the United States is severely impacting the aviation sector, with thousand of airport workers and airport traffic controllers are working without pay.
Nearly 3.000 flight were delayed on Monday alone, and more than 3.2 million passangers have been affected since the shutdown began 35 days go.
Staffing shortages have caused widespread delays and cancellations, with up to 80 percent of New York-area controllers absent last week.
Airlines and travelers are urging Congress to end the standoff as the holiday travel season approaches.
WFP highlights severe hunger Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic
• 16:08
2 min
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued a dire warning on Thursday, revealing that three million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo now face emergency levels of hunger, a figure that has nearly doubled in the past year amid relentless
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Pope Leo XIV hosts South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Vatican
• 14:10
2 min
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Saturday, a diplomatic engagement emphasizing cultural exchange and mutual understanding that stood in stark contrast to a brewing political storm following the United
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UNHCR urges global community to support Sudanese refugees in Chad
• 11:19
2 min
The UN’s refugee agency has issued an urgent call for greater international assistance as thousands of people, bearing accounts of renewed trauma and violence, continue to stream out of Sudan’s Darfur region into an overstretched Chad.<div class="small-12
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U.S. to boycott G20 summit in South Africa over Trump's claims of white farmer "abuses"
• 10:01
2 min
The United States will officially boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, escalating a diplomatic dispute by reiterating his controversial claims about the treatment of white farmers in the country and cal
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Nigeria's government responds to Trump's military action threat
• 9:55
2 min
The Trump administration’s announcement that it is planning potential military action in Nigeria and designating the country as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom has triggered sharp rebuttals from the Nigerian government and mixed re
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Mali: France advises its citizens to leave the country as soon as possible
• 8:22
1 min
France has joined the United States and United Kingdom in urging its citizens to leave Mali, issuing a formal advisory on Friday, November 7, warning against all travel to the West African nation and calling on its nationals to depart "as soon as possible
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More than 1,400 African nationals fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, Kyiv says
• 7:40
4 min
More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv's foreign minister said on Friday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/08/mo
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Nigerian court to deliver judgment in Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism case on November 20
• 7:26
2 min
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set November 20 for judgment in the terrorism case against Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), after he declined to present his defense despite being granted six consecutive days
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