1 Killed, Others Wounded as Cameroon Holds First Regional Elections

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/afp_cameroon_vote.jpg?imwidth=800YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Scat­tered vio­lence marred Cameroon’s first elec­tion to appoint region­al coun­cils on Sun­day, with one vot­er killed by sep­a­ratist insur­gents in the Eng­lish-speak­ing North­west region. Pres­i­dent Paul Biya hopes the vote will appease crit­ics who say he has

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Crews work to restore power across New Hampshire, multi-day process expected — WMUR Manchester

Saturday’s win­ter storm is kept util­i­ty com­pa­nies in the state quite busy this week­end, and it will like­ly remain that way for until Tues­day in some areas.» Down­load the FREE WMUR appAs of 1 p.m. on Sun­day, approx­i­mate­ly 40,500 pow­er out­ages remain across the state. Accord­ing to offi­cials at one point more than 61,000 outages…

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Thousands Protest in London Against India’s Farming Reforms

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/reu_london_india.JPG?imwidth=800LONDON — Thou­sands of peo­ple protest­ed in cen­tral Lon­don on Sun­day over Indi­an agri­cul­tur­al reforms that have trig­gered mass demon­stra­tions in India. A crowd of demon­stra­tors con­verged on the Indi­an embassy, locat­ed on Ald­wych, a major artery in the

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Turning Straw to Fuel to Save Senegal’s Forests 

https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2446332/sp/244633200/playManifest/entryId/1_agdisadj/format/download/protocol/https/flavorParamIds/0DAKAR — Wood and char­coal burn­ing account for 50% of Senegal’s house­hold ener­gy con­sump­tion, con­tribut­ing to air pol­lu­tion and defor­esta­tion. To reduce eco­log­i­cal dam­age, an asso­ci­a­tion called Nebe­day, which means “tree” in Wolof, the pre­dom­i­nant local lan­guage in Sene­gal, hires