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A six-year-old's disappearance spreads fear in South Africa's Saldhana Bay
SALDANHA BAY — Inside a busy primary school classroom in the South Africa seaside town of Saldanha Bay, one chair is left empty.This is where six-year-old Joshlin Smith sits — or sat until she went missing in February in a case that has gripped the attention of South Africans.The huge search operation that involved the navy as well as local volunteers, the big reward and the arrest of her mother have served to make this an irresistible story.But the community living with its day-to-day reality remains scared.Saldanha Bay, about 120km (75 miles) north-west of Cape Town, has the reputation of being a tranquil, quaint town known for its fishing, watersports and magnificently colorful wildflowers that bloom in spring in the town's nature reserve.Despite the end of apartheid 30 years...
May 02, 2024

A six-year-old's disappearance spreads fear in South Africa's Saldhana Bay

Aerial images show the extent of the damage in Kamuchiri on Monday. — courtesy Reuters
Kenya dam burst: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town
NAIROBI — About 50 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst its banks following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said.People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they slept.Rescue efforts are continuing to pull people out of the mud, with fears that the death toll could rise.More than 100 people have been killed in floods that have devastated parts of Kenya in the last month.A roaring sound woke people up in the early hours of Monday as a tide of water crashed down from a burst dam upriver in the Mai Mahiu area.Residents spoke of a night of frantic efforts to pull people out of the raging flood and dig them out of the mud.The Kenya Red Cross has joined search and rescue operations, with its emergency response...
April 29, 2024

Kenya dam burst: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town

Human Rights Watch said the alleged killings were Burkina Faso's
Burkina Faso bans more foreign media over HRW massacre report
BURKINABE — Burkina Faso has suspended yet more foreign media outlets over their coverage of a report accusing its army of killing 223 civilians.The report, by US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), said it believed the massacre in February was in retaliation for villagers aiding armed Islamists.The West African nation's military government has denied the allegation.They have already suspended the BBC and US broadcaster Voice of America for reporting on the HRW's publication.Burkina Faso is ruled by a military junta, which seized power in a coup in 2022, promising to end the Islamist insurgency.The violence has however continued to escalate, with more than a third of Burkina Faso controlled by Islamist groups.On Sunday, Burkina Faso's communications regulator said broadcasts from...
April 29, 2024

Burkina Faso bans more foreign media over HRW massacre report

A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, North Eastern Kenya, on April 28
Dozens killed after dam bursts in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region
NAIROBI — At least 35 people have been killed and dozens of others are missing after a dam burst in southern Kenya, sweeping away homes and vehicles as the country grapples with weeks of heavy rains and devastating flash floods.Rescue teams are digging through the mud and debris trying to find survivors near Mai Mahiu, in Kenya’s Nakuru County, Gov. Susan Kihika told CNN, warning that the death toll could rise significantly.The incident comes as flooding has inundated large swathes of Kenya, killing at least 103 people and forcing thousands of residents from their homes since March, government spokesperson Isaac Maigua Mwaura said Monday.In Mai Mahiu, Kihika said a serious situation was unfolding as floodwaters swept away people and homes.“We are trying to get a handle on the...
April 29, 2024

Dozens killed after dam bursts in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region

Schoolchildren have been studying by candlight (file photo). — courtesy AFP
Power restored to Sierra Leone as minister quits
FREETOWN — Electricity supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the $48m (£38m) bill it owed to a Turkish company.The $18m payment came as the country's energy minister resigned, saying he took full responsibility for the crisis.Most electricity supplies to the capital, Freetown, come from a Turkish ship anchored off the country’s coast.Last week, Karpowership said it had severely cut supplies to the city — from 60 megawatts to 6 megawatts —because of the unpaid bills, but the disruption has been going on for far longer.Residents of the country's main cities have been going for days on end without any power and hospitals have also been affected.The Reuters news agency quotes a doctor as saying that at least one...
April 27, 2024

Power restored to Sierra Leone as minister quits

Residents of Mathare stand next to their destroyed houses by the Mathare river, following heavy rains in the capital, Nairobi, on April 24
At least 32 dead as flash floods sweep through half of Kenya
NAIROBI — At least 32 people have been killed and two are missing after flash floods swept through almost half of Kenya.Some 103,500 people in all have been affected.Kenya has registered heavy rain since mid-March but downpours have intensified over the past week, leading to mass flooding. The Kenyan Red Cross says it has carried out over 188 rescues since the onset in March.Some roads in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi were closed Wednesday and several neighborhoods remained submerged after another day of heavy rainfall.“The situation in Nairobi has escalated to extreme levels. The county government for all its efforts is clearly overwhelmed,” wrote city Senator Edwin Sifuna on his X account.“We need all national emergency services mobilized to save lives.”He shared a video of...
April 25, 2024

At least 32 dead as flash floods sweep through half of Kenya

Locals rescue stranded residents who were trapped in their flooded homes in Nairobi. — courtesy EPA
Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi
NAIROBI — Roads have turned into rivers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as a top official said flooding had "escalated to extreme levels".Heavy rain has pounded Kenya in recent days, causing widespread devastation.The UN said that at least 32 people have lost their lives and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes because of the rain and flooding.Edwin Sifuna, who oversees Nairobi county, posted footage showing an entire neighborhood flooded."The situation in Nairobi has escalated to extreme levels. The County Government for all its efforts is clearly overwhelmed. We need all national emergency services mobilized to save lives," he said.Hundreds of others in Nairobi and nearby areas were marooned by floods following heavy rain overnight.Local media reported...
April 24, 2024

Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi

Dozens of Ethiopians die after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast
LONDON — At least 33 Ethiopian migrants — including an eight-year-old boy — have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials have told the BBC.They were among 77 people crossing the Red Sea from Yemen to Ethiopia, the UN’s migration agency reported.Fishermen alerted coastguards to the tragedy on Tuesday after witnessing some of the migrants drowning.Rescuers managed to save more than 20 people but others remain missing.The survivors’ shock and fear was clear to see as they were brought ashore in Djibouti to the town of Godoria and taken to hospital for treatment.They have since been repatriated to Ethiopia by the UN’s migration agency, the IOM.Isse Iyah, a senior Djibouti coastguard official, said those who were on the capsized boat had left Yemen...
April 23, 2024

Dozens of Ethiopians die after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast

Animals grazing in Ruaha’s National Park. — courtesy Getty Images
Tanzania: World Bank suspends funding for Ruaha National Park project
NEW YORK — The World Bank has halted its funding of a $150m ($120m) tourism project in Tanzania following allegations of rape, evictions and killings.The Ruaha National Park was reportedly meant to double in size as part of the project, but critics say the expansion has led to widespread abuses.The bank began investigating last year after it was accused of complicity in the abuses.On Tuesday, it said it was “deeply concerned” about the allegations.“We have therefore decided to suspend further disbursement of funds with immediate effect,” a spokesperson from the bank, which provides loans to developing countries, said.The Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (Regrow) project was launched in 2017 in an effort to improve the “management of natural resources...
April 23, 2024

Tanzania: World Bank suspends funding for Ruaha National Park project

Jacob Zuma addresses MK supporters
South Africa election: Jacob Zuma scores hat-trick in court battles
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's battle-scarred former President Jacob Zuma is proving he still has a winning streak — recently scoring a hat-trick in the courtroom.For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new party, from contesting the general election at the end of May.His latest victory came on Monday in the Durban High Court, where the governing African National Congress (ANC) tried to force his party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), to drop its name and logo.This is because it is named after the now-disbanded armed wing of the ANC, which fought against white-minority rule that ended with the election of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in 1994.The ANC argued that trademark law had been breached and that the use of the name, which...
April 23, 2024

South Africa election: Jacob Zuma scores hat-trick in court battles

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