Sudan floods kill over 80 people: official
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Floods following heavy rain in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed…
3 years ago
Africa
WFP to slash food aid to 100,000 in S.Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) -- The UN World Food Programme will suspend food aid to over 100,000 displaced people…
3 years ago
Africa Covid death toll tops 200,000
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- More than 200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Africa since the…
3 years ago
Guinea’s new strongman: combat-hardened ex-Legionnaire
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the leader of the latest coup in Guinea, is a highly educated,…
3 years ago
Search for survivors ends as Uganda building collapse kills six
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) -- Rescuers in Kampala called off the search for survivors on Monday after six people were killed…
3 years ago
At least 30 dead in weekend DR Congo attack
BUNIA, DR Congo (AFP) -- At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of…
3 years ago
Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president
by Mouctar Bah CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president…
3 years ago
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50…
3 years ago
Egypt plans to make 1 billion Sinovac vaccines a year
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt said Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine,…
3 years ago
‘No evidence’ woman in Ivory Coast had Ebola: WHO
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- There is "no evidence" that a Guinean woman who tested positive for Ebola after arriving…
3 years ago
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