2023-04-24 19:37:00
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“Latest Update on West Darfur Fighting: Humanitarian Aid and Refugee Influx Preparations”
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-04-24 21:36:01
With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Carol Valade
Several sources refer to intense fighting on Monday April 24 in the Sudanese town of El Geneïna, capital of West Darfur and located less than 40 kilometers from the Chadian border.
Humanitarians are therefore preparing for a new influx of refugees. Trucks containing aid from the UN’s World Food Program (WFP), leaving from the capital Ndjamena, might arrive in the area during the day. The NGO Première Urgence has deployed a mobile clinic for ten days in the border village of Koufroun.
« Two nurses consulted more than a thousand patients, including many pregnant women and malnourished children “, tells RFI Dr. Christelle Fallone.
Civilians are not the only ones to cross the border: new soldiers from the regular Sudanese army continue to defect. They would now be nearly 500 to have taken refuge on the Chadian side before being disarmed and quartered in the town of Adré, says a local source to RFI
Finally, humanitarian workers and UN personnel are also leaving Darfur: 64 of them were evacuated by road to the town of Abéché in eastern Chad, before reaching the capital.
►Read also : Sudan: African countries in turn launch repatriation operations on the tenth day of fighting
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“Netflix to invest $2.5 billion in South Korean content over the next four years, boosting global popularity of K-dramas and films”
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-04-25 02:57:41
Netflix will invest 2.5 billion dollars (2.22 billion francs) in South Korean content over the next four years, announced the boss of the streaming giant Ted Sarandos in a press release sent to AFP on Tuesday following a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Washington.
“Netflix is pleased to confirm that it will invest $2.5 billion (€2.3 billion) in Korea, including in the creation of Korean series, films and unscripted programs over the next four years,” said Ted Sarandos in a press release sent to AFP on Tuesday. “This investment plan is double the total amount Netflix has invested in the Korean market since we launched our (platform) in Korea in 2016,” he added.
Growing success
In recent years, South Korean content has become increasingly popular internationally. More than 60% of Netflix users watched at least one program from South Korea in 2022, according to company data.
Read also: After 25 years, Netflix is abandoning DVD rentals by mail, its original business model
Netflix, which spent more than $750 million developing South Korean content between 2015 and 2021, previously said it would increase its output of South Korean programming, without providing further details.
Yoon Suk Yeol, who arrived in Washington on Monday for a six-day official visit, welcomed what he described as a “very meaningful” meeting with Ted Sarandos, according to a transcript provided to AFP by the president’s office. south korean.
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2023-04-24 22:55:10
The American company “Bed Bath and Beyond” for retailing household goods declared bankruptcy on Sunday following years of losses exceeding one billion dollars annually, while the group had difficulty adapting to unstable economic conditions and the dominance of the online shopping sector.
The company has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in which it is domiciled.
This group, which sells everything from shower curtains to soaps to vacuum cleaners and bed sheets, has for years been one of America’s most important companies.
Bed Bath & Beyond said it had filed its application “to carry out the winding up of its business in an orderly manner while conducting a limited marketing exercise to generate interest in one or more sales of some or all of its assets.”
It said it expects a loss of $386 million in the fourth quarter of the year.
Despite the many efforts to restructure, including closing 150 stores in 2022, the company was unable to improve its financial position.
It noted that it had obtained a commitment of $240 million from a lender to support its operations during the bankruptcy period.
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