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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.
Trump orders US to withdraw from WHO, pause foreign aid
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 21/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a decision that would cut off one of the international aid and disease response group’s largest funding sources.
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.
Over 100 dead in Mozambique ferry incident, president says
Reuters, Published on 09/04/2024
» MAPUTO: More than 100 people died after a ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday, and almost 20 others were still missing.
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.
Libyan city flooded with bodies
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2023
» DERNA, Libya - Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna were struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people out to sea.