Five more bodies were exhumed Wednesday in Kenya's Shakahola forest, bringing to 95 the death toll in a sect that advocated extreme fasting to "meet Jesus." After announcing Tuesday night a pause in the search for mass graves to conduct autopsies and unclog morgues, authorities resumed searches Wednesday morning.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi assured that the conditions are "met" to allow TotalEnergies to resume its huge natural gas exploitation project in the country, suspended since 2021 following a large-scale jihadist attack, a few kilometers away. The company is studying the possibility of resuming operations. Since Rwandan and SADEC forces tried to stop a jihadist rebellion, the situation has stabilized and people are beginning to return home. Our special envoys visited Palma, two years after the city was taken by the terrorists. Caroline Dumay and Stefan Carstens report.
In Mauritius, the discovery of 446 monkeys in cramped cages is under investigation. The Mauritius macaque is highly prized by laboratories for biomedical research in Europe and the United States. Our correspondent in Port Louis, Abdoollah Earally, reports.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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