Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than 2,300 people in Libya, experts said on Tuesday.Riverside buildings in the eastern Mediterranean coastal city of Derna collapsed after Storm Daniel brought heavy rainfall that broke river dams and engulfed entire neighbourhoods.Daniel formed around September 4, …
Armed groups from northern Mali on Tuesday claimed to have captured the key town of Bourem, situated between the ancient cities of Gao and Timbuktu, after fighting against the national army.Authorities in Mali made no comment about the operation, which would confirm fears of a return to hostilities between the army and the northern groups …
Armed groups in northern Mali claim capture of key townTue, 12 Sep 2023 14:39:54 GMT Read More »
Alexis’s eyes shine brightly as he holds a football trophy aloft in a stadium in Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-torn east. Â The young footballer has emerged victorious after a four-day tournament in the city, which — in a rarity for the region — was attended by international scouts.”The cup, it’s …
After cheating death himself and escaping the rubble, Abdellah Aeet Bihi found his youngest son, aged four, alive but trapped after Morocco’s earthquake.The boy was still able to talk from under the rubble of their collapsed house.”But I couldn’t get to him,” Bihi, 39, recalled in their village of Talat Nyacoub, destroyed by the Friday …
Unbearable pain of loss tears at Moroccan quake villageTue, 12 Sep 2023 12:28:29 GMT Read More »
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl in the third one-day international with South Africa in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.With Australia holding a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, captain Mitchell Marsh announced three changes, including an ODI debut for leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha.”Leading up to the World Cup we have a full squad and we …
Australia bowl first in third ODI with South AfricaTue, 12 Sep 2023 11:34:08 GMT Read More »
Thousands are feared dead or missing in Libya after huge flash floods devastated eastern regions, with a surge of muddy river water ripping away entire neighbourhoods in one coastal city, local authorities and international aid groups said Tuesday. Massive destruction can be seen in images published online from the port city of Derna, home to 100,000 …
The shelves are stocked at Anita Wairimu’s store in downtown Nairobi, but nothing is selling. Nobody has cash to spare, she explained, her customers are struggling just to make ends meet.”I’ve had the shop for eight years. This has been the most difficult year. It’s worse than during the Covid period,” the 44-year-old single mother …
Amnesty International said Tuesday that the expansion of industrial copper and cobalt mines in mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has led to forced evictions and a litany of rights abuses.The central African nation has the world’s largest reserves of cobalt, a metal viewed as vital for the renewable-energy transition because of its use in electric-vehicle …
At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.Images filmed by residents of the Libyan disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods submerged under muddy water.Speaking on Libyan network Almasar, Oussama Hamad, prime minister of …
150 dead as ‘catastrophic’ storm floods hit east LibyaTue, 12 Sep 2023 01:56:38 GMT Read More »
Medics treated a constant flow of casualties after Morocco’s strongest-ever earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, but hopes were fading Tuesday of finding more survivors under the rubble.Rescuers supported by foreign teams faced a race against time to find those still alive after villages in the Atlas mountains were devastated by the 6.8-magnitude disaster that …
Medics in quake-hit Morocco battle against the clockTue, 12 Sep 2023 01:36:45 GMT Read More »
