Africa

Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors

by Adrien BARBIER and Joaquim NHAMIRRE BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing…

Moroccan police disperse protesting teachers with water cannons

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) - Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday…

Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 417: government

  BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- The death toll in Mozambique has climbed to 417 after a cyclone devastated swathes of…

Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains as UN scales up response

Dire conditions persist in vast areas of southern Africa affected by Cyclone Idai as heavy rain continues to cause “massive…

Toll from cyclone-hit southern Africa surges as UN launches health aid

by Adrien BARBIER and Joaquim NHAMIRRE BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- The death toll from a cyclone that ravaged three southern…

Aid agencies struggle to rescue Mozambique cyclone victims as waters rise

by Adrien BARBIER and Joaquim NHAMIRRE International aid agencies raced Wednesday to rescue survivors and meet spiralling humanitarian needs in…

Mozambique cyclone death toll surges to more than 200: president

BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- The death toll in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the southern African nation last week…

More than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique storm

by Adrien BARBIER with Zinyange AUNTONY in Chimanimani BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- More than a thousand people are feared to…

Over 160 dead in Zimbabwe, Mozambique as cyclone destroys city

  by Adrien BARBIER with Zinyange AUNTONY in Chimanimani Agence France Presse BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- A cyclone that ripped…

Black boxes show ‘clear similarities’ with Indonesia crash, Ethiopia says

by Chris Stein ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Black box data recovered from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last…

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