Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The Red Cross has appealed for more than $112 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 people. “We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs ($112 million) to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time,” Carol...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP Three Red Crescent volunteers have died while helping victims of devastating freak floods in the eastern Libya, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. “Heartbreaking news from Libya. Three volunteers from (the Libya Red Crescent) lost their lives while on duty he...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU has offered assistance to Libya, where catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel have killed over 5300 people. “Harrowing images from Libya following deaths & destruction caused by floods, especially in the East of the country,” EU Council chief Charles Michel wrote on X, and expressed the EU’s ...
Backlash against proposed policy came from Muslim nurses and their supporters for imposing ban on wearing hijab while on duty JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa is reconsidering its proposed dress code for Muslim nurses after reactions from the community. The Department of Health said it is reviewing all submissions and feedback a...
Egypt views GERD as existential threat to its water share from the Nile ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt on Sunday denounced Ethiopia’s 4th filling of its dam on the Blue Nile as a violation of international law. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday announced the completion of the 4th and final filling of the Grand […]
Marrakesh, Morocco – AFP Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco’s search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. Search-and-rescue teams from the kingdom and from abroad kept digging through the rubble of broken mud-brick homes, hop...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – At least 5,300 people have been killed by devastating floods in Libya’s eastern city of Derna, the country’s Ambulance and Emergency Service has said. “Around 5,000 other people have gone missing after the floods,” Osama Ali, a spokesman for the service, told the media. Libyan officials estimate that more than 5,300...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP/AA The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday. Officials in Libya have said at least 150 people were killed in the flooding in Libya after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Gre...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has jumped to 2,901 people, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said 5,530 other people were injured in the magnitude 7 earthquake that jolted the North African country late Friday. The quake was the strongest to […]
NEW YORK (AA) – About 100,000 children have been affected by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco last Friday, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) said Monday. ”While UNICEF doesn’t yet know the exact number of children killed and injured, the latest estimates from 2022 indicate that children represent almost a third of ...
