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EU leaders are set for an emergency summit on the migrant crisis, where they're expected to discuss possible military missions to capture and destroy traffickers' boats. Mana Rabiee reports.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to tackle the severe electricity crisis that stalling daily life and the economy of the continent’s largest industrial power. IMAGES
Partisans of the South African main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), take to the streets to protest a prolonged energy crisis causing record power cuts in South Africa. Frequent blackouts, known as load-shedding, have burdened the country for years, with state-owned energy firm Eskom failing to keep pace with demand and maintain its ageing coal power infrastructure. IMAGES
At a press conference in Matignon, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announces three new devices to contain energy prices for businesses and communities, for a total effort increased to "12 billion euros". SOUNDBITE
EU finance ministers meet in Luxembourg for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), as Europe finds itself in the midst of an energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss the surge in energy prices. Europe is struggling with historically high prices as it faces an early autumn cold snap and a coming winter almost certainly to be endured without crucial Russian gas supplies because of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES