The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday after dozens of cases of cholera were reported in Kenya which has been hit by weeks of destructive rains and floods.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 by …
Dozens of cholera cases reported in flood-hit KenyaWed, 08 May 2024 08:42:13 GMT Read More »
Rescue workers reported on Tuesday making contact with 11 people under the rubble in a race to save dozens still unaccounted for after a building collapsed in the South African city of George killing at least seven.Thirty-three people have been pulled out of the debris of the five-storey apartment block, which caved in Monday afternoon …
The European Union on Tuesday condemned Chad’s failure to allow nearly 3,000 civil society members financed by the EU to observe the presidential election.Opponents of junta leader and presidential candidate Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno had called for a boycott, dismissing Monday’s ballot as fixed.And international rights groups had warned that the vote was not expected …
EU hits out at sidelining of Chad election observersTue, 07 May 2024 18:10:23 GMT Read More »
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Libya on Tuesday to sign cooperation agreements with leaders from both administrations in the conflict-torn country.Accompanied by a ministerial delegation on her second visit to Libya since taking office in October 2022, Meloni first met the head of the Tripoli-based government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Libyan officials said.”Declarations of intent” were signed on …
Italy PM Meloni signs cooperation deals in Libya visitTue, 07 May 2024 17:47:44 GMT Read More »
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni began a visit to Libya on Tuesday to sign cooperation agreements, and was set to meet leaders from rival administrations in the conflict-torn country.Accompanied by a ministerial delegation on her second visit to Libya since taking office in October 2022, Meloni met the head of the Tripoli-based government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Libyan …
Italy PM Meloni in Libya to sign cooperation dealsTue, 07 May 2024 13:18:21 GMT Read More »
Rescuers scrambled Tuesday to search for some 50 people trapped under rubble after the collapse of a multi-storey building under construction in the South African city of George killing five people. George, which has a population of about 160,000, is a picturesque coastal city located on the tourist trail along South Africa’s southern coastline.Twenty-six people have …
Dawn has not yet broken over the highlands of Kenya’s Rift Valley when marathon great Eliud Kipchoge crosses through the gate of his training camp. It’s barely 6:00 am.Three months before the Olympic marathon on August 10 in Paris — where he hopes to make history with a third gold medal — he is preparing to …
The collapse of a multi-storey building under construction in the South African city of George has killed at least four people and trapped around 50 more, authorities said Tuesday.In all, 24 people have been found and pulled from the rubble, four of whom have died, the coastal municipality said in an early morning update, adding …
Chad started counting votes on Monday evening in a presidential election aimed at ending three years of military rule that opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno have dismissed as fixed.The vote will decide whether to extend three decades of Deby family rule, in a country crucial to the fight against jihadism across the …
Junta-led Chad counts votes in first for coup-hit regionMon, 06 May 2024 22:24:39 GMT Read More »
