VOA60 Africa - Senegal's president Faye dissolves parliament
Nigeria: Several days after floods hit the northeastern city of Maiduguri, emergency responders battled to reach trapped survivors, while anguished families launch their own searches. The state governor said flooding has affected up to one million people and is the worst flooding to hit the state in two decades.
Senegal: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced in an address to the nation he has dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament and set new legislative elections for November 17, in what was a widely-expected move.
U.S.: The U.S. supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states, with one seat rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Thursday in an address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
Algeria: Workers at the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, said Thursday that the building structure is no longer viable and poses continued risk after part of the structure collapsed on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring three others.
South Africa: Pravin Gordhan, a key player in post-apartheid South Africa, who won praise for overhauling the tax system and fighting graft, died on Friday at 75, his family announced.
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