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At least 40 dead in Sudan's worst cholera outbreak in years
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» TAWILA — At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.
Nearly 100,000 struck with cholera in Sudan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come.
Mayotte hospital on life support after cyclone
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» MAMOUDZOU - The haggard faces in the wreckage-and-water-strewn corridors betrayed the nerves and exhaustion of those soldiering on at the main hospital on the French archipelago of Mayotte, ravaged by a deadly cyclone last weekend.
Heavier rains in East Africa due to human activity: study
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» NAIROBI - Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Thursday.
Kenya's Ruto pledges action to tackle deadly flood emergency
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenya is drawing up measures to tackle a flood disaster that has killed 70 people and driven tens of thousands from their homes, President William Ruto said on Saturday, describing it as an "emergency situation".
UN approves Haiti force after year of pleas
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation's leaders first pleaded for an international force.
Communications cut to flood-ravaged Libyan city
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» DERNA, Libya - Telephone and internet links were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit city of Derna, a day after hundreds protested there against local authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths.
UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of El Nino, saying the weather phenomenon that triggers higher global temperatures is set to persist throughout 2023.
UN chief, in Haiti, says 'not the time to forget' troubled nation
AFP, Published on 01/07/2023
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Haiti on Saturday for a lightning visit, saying "this is not the time to forget" the Caribbean nation mired in overlapping security, political and economic woes.
Fears mount in Sudan as former regime members escape
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» KHARTOUM: A wanted Sudanese war crimes suspect has confirmed that he and other members of the Islamist regime ousted in 2019 have escaped from prison during recent fighting, raising new fears for a fragile ceasefire that has enabled foreigners to flee.