UN raises alarm over child deaths in Sudan as health crisis deepens

These statistics come amidst an ominous warning that thousands more, including vulnerable newborns, teeter on the brink of peril as…

2 years ago

At least 8 dead in military helicopter crash in Kenya

The cause of the accident in Lamu County, on the Kenyan coast, was not immediately clear. Kenyan defense forces operate…

2 years ago

Morocco earthqake: Architects assess damage in Marrakech’s UNESCO listed old city

The 12th-century walls that surround the millennium-old city have been partly disfigured. Not all buildings were on an equal footing…

2 years ago

DRC: at least 17 dead in landslide

Torrential rains in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused a landslide that killed at least 17 people overnight, authorities…

2 years ago

Niger strengthens positions on border with Benin

Wednesday's (Sep. 13) deployment is the latest by Niger since the ECOWAS has agreed to activate a "standby force" to…

2 years ago

South Africa: at least 20 De Beers employees die on the road

At least 20 employees of the mining giant De Beers died on Sunday in South Africa in a road accident,…

2 years ago

SA advises two-minute shower over water shortage

Water providers in Johannesburg, South Africa, have issued a pressing call to action for the city's residents and suburban communities…

2 years ago

French visa ban controversy: Nigerien artists refuse to let culture be “taken away”

We can't go to France, we have Africa, we have the other parts of the world. All they have to…

2 years ago

Nigeria: Volunteers brave the rain to commemorate World Cleanup Day

“The market is one of the busiest places in any city and is also a place that generates a very…

2 years ago

Desperate Sudanese face endless wait for passports so they can flee the war

Sudanese queue at a cramped office to apply for passports in the eastern city of Port Sudan. Since authorities inaugurated…

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