KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The death toll in Sudan from floods due to a collapsed dam and heavy rains has risen to 132, authorities said late Monday. An emergency government committee said the death toll in 10 provinces rose to 132, while the number of affected families rose to 31,666 and individuals to 129,650. It […]
In the past month, Sudan has seen a spike in cholera cases, with 28 deaths reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The outbreak, declared on Aug. 12, has resulted in 658 cases across five states, with a notable case-fatality ratio of 4.3%. Kassala region is the hardest hit, recording 473 cases. The current […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Denmark will close its embassies in Burkina Faso and Mali, and open new missions in Senegal, Tunisia, and Rwanda as part of a new Africa strategy, the Foreign Ministry has said. “As a result of military coups that have severely limited the scope for action in the Sahel region, the embassies in […]
KAGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have petitioned the president of the UN Security Council to denounce the Ukrainian government’s “open and assumed support for international terrorism”, particularly in Africa’s Sahel region. The move follows recent comments by Ukrainian officials suggesting that Kyiv had played a role in...
El Alamein, Egypt – AFP Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Egypt’s president Tuesday for talks about a Gaza cease-fire after saying Israel had accepted a US “bridging proposal” for a deal. The Palestinian resistance group said it was “keen to reach a cease-fire” agreement but protested US modifications in th...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia remains one of the world’s most serious humanitarian crises with millions of people exposed to unimaginable suffering, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day. The suffering is due to recurring and intensifying climate s...
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Sudan’s health minister on Saturday declared a cholera epidemic after weeks of heavy rain in the war-torn country, in a video released by his ministry. “We are declaring a cholera epidemic because of the weather conditions and because drinking water has been contaminated,” Haitham Ibrahim said in...
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia is deepening as drought and conflict worsen conditions for displaced citizens. In the capital Mogadishu’s internally displaced person’s camps, food shortages are increasing following the Somali government cutting financial support for the World Food Programme’s electronic card system. Nearly 150,000 Somalis h...
United Nations, United States AFP Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year — or more — than their grandparents did, says the UN, warning of deadly consequences. As climate change continues to push up temperatures globally, one in five children — some 466 million kids — [&hel...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegalese news organisations widely heeded a call on Tuesday for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry. Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news. Private television st...
