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Added on the 24/06/2022 16:29:58 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Building solar farms in the desert may have become a common practice, but one new solar plant unveiled on Monday in northern Jordan is anything but ordinary. This 12.9 megawatt plant made up of 40,000 solar panels will provide power to people living in the Zaatari refugee camp, victims of war whose lives were turned upside when the violence reached their doorstep. The solar power plant became the largest ever located inside a refugee camp
Thousands of people have crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Rwanda, fearing that Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again. The strato-volcano spewed rivers of lava on Saturday May 22, hat claiming nearly three dozen lives and destroying the homes of some 20,000 people. IMAGES
Smoke rises in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's central Deir al-Balah governorate as battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas rage on. IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza's Rafah refugee camp, while injured are rushed to an ambulance for first aid medical treatment. Fighting resumed in Gaza immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Images of a damaged building following an overnight Israeli raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Five people were killed by Israeli army fire in Jenin, the Palestinian Health ministry said, during an incursion by a large number of armoured vehicles into the city, which was recently the scene of the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in almost 20 years. IMAGES
Smoke billows following strikes on Jabalia refugee camp as fierce battles continue to rage between Hamas and Israel. IMAGES