Lagos, Nigeria — AFP Weeks of fuel scarcities in Nigeria are compounding a cost-of-living crisis, with the state-run oil company acknowledging “financial strain” was hampering supplies. Olufemi Soneye, a spokesman for government-controlled Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), blamed the lingering scarcity on f...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Every day, Abu Muhammad Hassan, an elderly Palestinian, goes to collect wood from under the rubble of homes destroyed by the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. His 7-year-old granddaughter, Maryam, accompanies him on his daily search trip in the northern Gaza Strip to collect wood pieces from doors and windows, [&...
GENEVA (AA) – At least 94,000 liters of fuel is required daily to keep critical functions running at Gaza’s 12 major hospitals, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Addressing a UN press briefing in Geneva via a video link, Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in occupied Palestinian territory, warned that the acut...
