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‘Our children are next’: Kenyans in fear as drought wipes out livestock
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MANDERA, Kenya - In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
Landmines destroy limbs, lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» BANDARBAN, Bangladesh - In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» PADANG, Indonesia- Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries in Asia in recent days.
Pillaged Ivory Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» COMOE NATIONAL PARK (IVORY COAST) - Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.
Year-long funeral starts for Thailand's former queen Sirikit
AFP, Published on 26/10/2025
» BANGKOK - The year-long funeral ceremony of Thailand's former queen Sirikit started Sunday, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her body to lie in state at Bangkok's Grand Palace.
Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» RAJSHAHI (BANGLADESH) - In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.
India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» RIEW (INDIA) - On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
Moroccan whistle language strives for survival
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» TILOUGUIT, Morocco - In the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight.
Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people.
Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» BUNER (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders on Sunday as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 344 people, with more than 150 still missing.