A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC has issued orders in the past week saying charities will have their planes seized if they carry out “search and rescue” activities from airports …

Charity warns Italy’s ban on NGO planes risks livesThu, 09 May 2024 12:34:36 GMT Read More »

Sudanese shop owner Ishaq Mohammed has been trapped in his home for a month, sheltering from violence in El-Fasher, the last major city in the country’s vast Darfur region not under paramilitary control.For more than a year, Sudan has suffered a war between the army, headed by the country’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, …

‘Constant terror’ in key Darfur city as fighting closes inThu, 09 May 2024 02:18:42 GMT Read More »

Rescuers raced against time to find more survivors amid the rubble of a deadly building collapse in South Africa on Wednesday, as search operations entered their third day.Dozens of people were still unaccounted for, more than 50 hours after rescue services started combing through the debris in the southern city of George.At least eight people …

Hope dwindles in S.Africa two days after deadly building collapseWed, 08 May 2024 19:33:26 GMT Read More »

M23 rebels have bombed a village in DR Congo’s South Kivu province killing seven people and wounding six more, local officials said Wednesday.The Tutsi-led rebels have seized swathes of neighbouring North Kivu over the last two years but now appear to be extending their operations in the neighbouring province in the east of the Democratic …

Seven villagers die in DR Congo attack blamed on rebelsWed, 08 May 2024 19:03:41 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care.”After long and painstaking negotiations that ran into the wee hours of the night for many days… we have signed a return to work formula …

Kenya inks deal to end doctors’ strikeWed, 08 May 2024 16:46:43 GMT Read More »

“Where are we supposed to go?” implored Catherine Masai as she watched a bulldozer tear down shanty houses on the banks of a muddy river in a sprawling Nairobi slum.Weeks of rains and floods have caused a trail of destruction across Kenya and cost almost 260 lives, prompting the government to order the evacuation of …

‘Where can we go?’ flood-stricken Kenyans plead as homes destroyedWed, 08 May 2024 15:27:46 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care.”After 56 days, @kmpdu signs agreement, ending nationwide doctors’ strike,” the ministry said on X, formerly Twitter, using the abbreviation for the Kenya Medical Practitioners, …

Kenya health ministry says deal signed to end doctors’ strikeWed, 08 May 2024 15:04:10 GMT Read More »

Chadian  presidential candidate Succes Masra’s party on Wednesday condemned violence against him and his supporters, urging people to defend their “will expressed at the ballot box” against electoral fraud.Masra, a former fierce opponent of the regime before it named him prime minister, is the main challenger to junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.The election on …

Chad opposition candidate’s party condemns ‘threats and violence’Wed, 08 May 2024 14:58:59 GMT Read More »

Diane Rwigara, a vehement critic of Rwanda’s iron-fisted President Paul Kagame, announced Wednesday she planned to run against him in this year’s elections.”A new chapter for Rwanda begins now. Together we will make history! Join me as I run for President,” Rwigara posted on X, formerly Twitter.Rwanda, which has been de facto ruled by Kagame …

Kagame critic Rwigara unveils election bidWed, 08 May 2024 13:08:00 GMT Read More »

The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday after dozens of cases of cholera were reported in flood-stricken Kenya as the death toll from rain-related disasters surpassed 250.The World Health Organization (WHO) said 44 cases of the disease have been reported in Tana River County in eastern Kenya, one of the areas hardest hit in weeks …

Flood-hit Kenya reports dozens of cholera casesWed, 08 May 2024 13:02:51 GMT Read More »