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The boats departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, IOM says
Dozens dead, 61 missing as two boats sink off Djibouti
DJIBOUTI — At least 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say.The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board before sinking in the Red Sea off the east African nation on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said."To date, 61 individuals are still missing and the search operations are continuing relentlessly," Djibouti’s coastguard said.It is the latest boat disaster to hit the route, described as one of the busiest and most dangerous in the world, used by refugees and migrants from Africa.A "large-scale search" is underway since early on Monday supported by IOM, with 115 survivors now rescued, Djibouti’s coastguard said."We remain committed to finding the...
October 02, 2024

Dozens dead, 61 missing as two boats sink off Djibouti

The lion has since been put down
Zookeeper mauled to death by lion in Nigeria
ABUJA — A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when he went to feed it, police say.The victim, a 35-year-old man, worked at the Presidential Library Wildlife Park, owned by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state.Local police spokesperson Omolola Odutola said in a statement that "the lion inflicted serious fatal injuries to the man’s neck".He said the lion was then shot to "release its grip on the handler".According to a statement from the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, the zookeeper had taken some guests to see the lion's feeding routine after hours on Saturday evening.“The zookeeper, apparently, feeling comfortable with...
September 30, 2024

Zookeeper mauled to death by lion in Nigeria

Smoke was seen rising over Khartoum on Thursday during the fighting
Sudan army launches major attack on capital Khartoum
KHARTOUM — Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country's civil war, targeting areas in the capital it lost at the start of the conflict.In dawn strikes on Thursday, government forces shelled Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bases in the capital Khartoum, and Bahri to its north.Sudan has been embroiled in a war since the army and the RSF began a vicious struggle for power in April 2023, leading to what the UN has called one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.Up to 150,000 people have been killed in the conflict while more than 10 million people - about a fifth of the population - have been forced from their homes.Witnesses reported intense aerial bombardments and heavy fighting on Thursday as army troops...
September 26, 2024

Sudan army launches major attack on capital Khartoum

Omar al-Bashir
Sudan’s jailed former leader Omar al-Bashir is taken to hospital
KHARTOUM — Sudan's ex-leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in a popular uprising several years ago, has been moved from a jail north of Omdurman to a medical facility.Since war broke out in April last year between the Sudanese military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the 80-year-old al-Bashir has been held at a military facility on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.His lawyer, Mohamed al-Hassan al-Amin, told The Associated Press that al-Bashir was transferred on Tuesday and would get proper care at a better-equipped hospital in the town of Merowe, about 330 kilometers (205 miles) north of Khartoum.Al-Bashir required treatments that were not available at the Wadi Seedna military base where he was previously detained.Al-Bashir’s health...
September 25, 2024

Sudan’s jailed former leader Omar al-Bashir is taken to hospital

Members of the security forces patrol after preventing a banned opposition rally from taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 23 September
Acid attack and abductions: Tanzania's poisonous politics
DAR ES SALAAM — The recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of an opposition official in Tanzania seems to be dimming the ray of political hope that came with President Samia Suluhu Hassan's rise to power in 2021.There was huge relief when Samia — Tanzania's first female president — took office, with opposition parties allowed to organize rallies and criticize the government without the fear of grave repercussions.But concern is growing that Tanzania is sliding back to the era of her autocratic predecessor, John Magufuli.In the span of weeks, two of the most senior opposition leaders have been arrested twice, and another opposition official, Ali Kibao, was abducted, killed and his body doused in acid by unknown assailants.“The political situation in...
September 25, 2024

Acid attack and abductions: Tanzania's poisonous politics

A Sudanese girl who have fled the war with her family carrying a box of belongings after arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk in South Sudan, in February 2024
Starvation in war-hit Sudan 'almost everywhere': WHO
GENEVA — Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC's Today program after visiting the country."The situation in Sudan is very alarming... the massive displacement - it's now the largest in the world, and, of course, famine," director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.He said 12 million people were already displaced, adding that attention in the global community to Sudan was "really low" and race was a factor.Thousands of people have been killed since a civil war broke out in April 2023 between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)."Imagine: destruction, displacement, diseases everywhere, and now famine," Dr Tedros told the BBC.He...
September 17, 2024

Starvation in war-hit Sudan 'almost everywhere': WHO

More and more babies with mpox are being admitted to Lwiro community hospital
Medics plead for vaccines in DR Congo's mpox battleground
KINSHASA — Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.At a treatment center in South Kivu province that the BBC visited in the epicenter of the outbreak, they say more patients are arriving every day - especially babies - and there is a shortage of essential equipment.Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - is a highly contagious disease and has killed at least 635 people in DR Congo this year.Even though 200,000 vaccines, donated by the European Commission, were flown into the capital, Kinshasa, last week, they are yet to be transported across this vast country - and it could be several weeks before they reach South...
September 11, 2024

Medics plead for vaccines in DR Congo's mpox battleground

Wooden fishing boats are often used by migrants leaving Senegal (archive photo)
Anguish as dozens die in Senegal shipwreck
DAKAR — At least 26 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal's coast.Authorities say more than 100 people were on board the wooden fishing vessel when it sank just 4km (2.5 miles) into its journey.Distraught relatives and friends have gathered along the beach, anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones.So far, four people have been rescued and search efforts are still under way.The boat had departed from Mbour, about 80km south of the capital city Dakar, bound for Spain's Canary Islands, which are off the coast of West Africa.In recent years, the number of migrants leaving West Africa through Senegal has surged.Mostly young men - fleeing conflict, poverty, and unemployment - are attempting the dangerous Atlantic route to the Spanish Islands, with...
September 11, 2024

Anguish as dozens die in Senegal shipwreck

A flaming burnt-out oil tanker lies at the side of the road in the state of Niger
Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash
ABUJA — At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said.The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision happened at about 00:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, and caused an explosion that engulfed both vehicles.Director-general of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-arah, said response teams were dispatched to the scene to manage the situation.A number of other vehicles were also caught up in the explosion.Footage taken from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle.Speaking to the Reuters news agency after the incident, an emergency rescue worker said...
September 09, 2024

Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash

Hundreds of people have been killed by the current mpox outbreak
WHO declares mpox global health emergency
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern.The highly contagious disease - formerly known as monkeypox - has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.It has now spread across parts of central and east Africa, and scientists are concerned about how fast a new variant of the disease is spreading and its high fatality rate.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond "is very worrying"."A coordinated international response is essential to stop this outbreak and save lives," he said.Mpox is transmitted through close contact, such as sex, skin-to-skin contact and...
August 15, 2024

WHO declares mpox global health emergency

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