A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday (Sep. 14) flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people.

One of the 40 seriously injured was transported in a UN helicopter.

Prime minister Garry Conille visited the scene of the accident in the port city of Miragoane, in Haiti’s south.

He spoke from a regional heliopter in Port-au-Prince

“It is a horrible scene that we have just experienced, several dozen victims, many of whom were injured and burned very severely, many of whom would have been evacuated to the town of Les Cayes.”

Other victims were transported to the Saint Boniface hospital, east of Les Cayes.

Local media report that the blast occurred as the victims were trying to collect fuel from the crashed tanker.

The nation of 12 million people has also been struggling with fuel shortages, as fighting between gangs makes it more difficult to import goods into the country.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump was rushed to safety Sunday (Sep. 15) after he was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination”.

Heavy police deployment was visible outside of West Palm Beach golf club where the incident took place.

Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing the gunman who then fled.

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference.

“ Fortunately, we were able to locate a witness who came to us that said, ‘Hey, I saw the guy running out of the bushes,” Sheriff Ric Bradshaw recounted.

“He jumped into a black Nissan, and I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag. We got a hold of Martin County Sheriff’s Office, alerted them, and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over and detained the guy.”

The gunman was roughly 360 meters away from Donald Trump the sheriff said.

The former president who survived an attempt on his life in August, was spending a morning off the campaign trail at his Florida golf club.

Media reports have identified the man as 58-year-old Routh Ryan.

Ongoing investigation

“We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect. We’ve got a little bit more work to do on it. But as we usually do, as soon as we decide that we’re going to book them into the county jail and the charges that he’s going to be booked into, we’ll get those to you, and we’ll get a picture of him, and we’ll get you his background.”

An AK-47 rifle, with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a camera were found nearby where the gunman was pointing the rifle as Trump was on the course.

The FBI is leading the investigation and working to determine any motive.

In 2020, Routh made a social media post backing Trump’s reelection, but in more recent years his posts have expressed support for Biden and Harris.

The pro-Ukraine activist posted many publications on social media to recruit foreigners to fight in Ukraine, and spent several months in the country, according to an interview with The New York Times last year.

Trump running mate JD Vance says former president is ‘in good spirits’

Trump’s running mate, Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance, posted on X that he spoke to the former president before the news became public and said “he was, amazingly, in good spirits.”

Vance said there was still a lot “we don’t know” about the incident.

Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of controls already in place at its four other borders.

The police controls began at the borders with France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark on Monday morning and are due to continue for six months.

The coalition government is under increasing pressure over migration following recent deadly knife attacks in which the suspects were asylum seekers.

In August, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a knife attack in the western city of Solingen in which three people were killed.

Germany has also seen a rise in support for the opposition far-right and conservatives pushing immigration and security concerns higher on the political agenda.

However, experts have questioned the long-term effectiveness of the measure.

“Research has shown usually with these border checks, it’s usually not the big fish, it’s the smaller fish that will get caught,” says migration expert Svenja Niederfranke.

“And not every single smuggler will get caught either, because obviously they know where the border checks are and they will find different ways to do it.”

The border controls are testing European unity because they are seen by some as a step away from the spirit of the EU’s free travel arrangement known as Schengen.

On Tuesday, the US donated 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help combat an ongoing outbreak. US Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn emphasized the importance of vaccines in controlling the disease and highlighted the long-standing health partnership between the US and DRC, which includes efforts against malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola.

This donation follows a recent shipment of nearly 100,000 doses from the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority. The DRC, the hardest-hit country in the region, is experiencing multiple mpox outbreaks driven by various strains, including a new variant, clade Ib, which is spreading through sexual transmission.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that this new strain has also been detected in other East and Central African countries and among travelers outside Africa. Since early 2024, the DRC has recorded over 4,900 confirmed mpox cases and more than 620 deaths.

Libya, home to Africa’s largest oil reserves, is in the midst of a severe political and economic crisis. The removal of Central Bank governor Sadiq Al-Kabir has sparked a power struggle between rival factions, disrupting oil production and halting exports. As 90% of Libya’s income depends on oil, control of the Central Bank is crucial, and the standoff threatens to freeze the economy. With oil output plummeting and the risk of instability growing, the UN and international community are working to mediate, but the outcome remains uncertain.

We interviewed Mohamed Eljarh, an energy expert from Managing Partner at Libya Desk.

China’s $50 Billion Focus: Clean Energy and Debt Relief

China’s pledge of $50 billion in credit lines and investments to Africa over the next three years signals a shift in its engagement strategy, reflecting domestic economic pressures and rising debt risks across the continent. While China announced plans for 30 clean energy projects, emphasizing renewable energy, the absence of concrete debt relief for struggling African nations remains a concern. Despite this, UN Secretary-General António Guterres defended China’s role, noting Africa’s debt challenges predate Chinese involvement. Private sector investments continue to be vital, but operational challenges, such as those in Djibouti, highlight the complexities of doing business in the region.

West Africa’s Food Waste Crisis

Tomato farmer Kachollom Silas arrives at a market in Jos with the hope of selling her produce, only to find that more than half of it has perished. Like many farmers in West Africa, she faces the harsh reality of post-harvest losses, a problem affecting the livelihoods of millions. In Nigeria alone, 50% of agricultural produce—worth around $2 billion—is lost annually. This issue extends to neighboring countries like Ghana, where efforts to address these losses, including food processing initiatives, remain insufficient. Experts argue that better storage, processing facilities, and regional collaboration are essential to combat hunger and economic challenges in West Africa.

The French league’s legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé the 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he’s entitled to, the league said Thursday.

The league confirmed the decision without more details, a day after the France superstar rejected a mediation offer by the commission in his dispute with his former club.

PSG officials and Mbappé’s representatives met in Paris on Wednesday after Mbappé asked the commission to get involved. Mbappé joined Real Madrid this summer on a free transfer.

After the meeting, Mbappé’s representatives explained that the France striker had asked the commission to take note of the non-payment of three months’ salary and the last third of a loyalty bonus.

PSG does not intend to pay and announced that it will take further legal action.

*“In light of the limitations of the commission’s legal scope to take a complete decision on this matter, the matter must now be contested in another legal forum, to which Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to present all the facts over the coming months and year,”* the club said.

PSG has argued that it does not owe money to the World Cup winner under an agreement when Mbappé was sidelined ahead of the 2023-24 season — following his decision not to prolong his contract with the club — with the player allegedly stipulating that he would relinquish bonuses over his reintegration into the team.

“As a matter of law and fact, the player has made clear, repeated public and private commitments that must be respected, having been afforded unprecedented benefits by the club over seven years in Paris,” PSG said after the league’s announcement. “And the club looks forward to these being upheld in the proper forum, if the player seeks to pursue this incomprehensibly reputationally damaging matter further, in due course.”

Mbappé’s relationship with PSG ended amid deep tensions during his final season at the club.

PSG felt let down by Mbappé after offering him the most lucrative contract in the club’s history when he signed a new contract in 2022. But Mbappé was frustrated because he felt promises to sign key players were not kept. When he signed the new deal, he was paraded in front of fans holding up a jersey with 2025 on it. Mbappé was reportedly annoyed about this because the contract was until 2024 with the option for an extra season.

Mbappé stunned PSG in June last year by informing the club he would not take the option for an extra year. With his contract effectively into its final year, it put PSG in the position of needing to sell Mbappé to avoid losing him for free when the contract expired.

His PSG career could have ended in the summer of 2023 amid a tense transfer standoff. After telling the club he would not extend his contract for an extra year, Mbappé was left off a preseason tour to Japan and South Korea and forced to train with fringe players. PSG said it would rather sell him than let the player leave for free in 2024, but he rejected a 300 million euro move to Saudi team Al-Hilal.

PSG left Mbappé out of the team’s opening league game of that season as the standoff continued but eventually let him return to the lineup after “constructive and positive talks” between the two parties, PSG said at the time.