Africa

Floods caused by torrential rains which hit eastern Libya in recent days have left at least 150 dead, an official source told AFP on Monday. “At least 150 people were killed due to flooding caused by Storm Daniel in Derna, Jabal Al-Akhdar areas and Al-Marj suburbs in eastern Libya,” Mohamed …

At least 26 people died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel was carrying over 100 passengers, including women and children, who live in communities between Jebba and Kainji dam in Mokwa area of the state, …

A 23-year-old man stabbed his sister for preventing him from killing his own mother in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central region, Ghana, according to reports. According to reports, “the suspect inflicted cutlass wounds on his 57-year-old mother for preventing him from selling her cocoa beans.” “The suispect stabbed …

Unknown assailant killed a 21-year-old nursing mother at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region, Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight while with her three-month-old daughter in a room,” reports said. “The incident came as a shock as they were planning towards the naming …

The French Interior Minister declared on France 2 that Morocco, faced with a deadly earthquake, is capable of facing the difficulties alone. Guest of France 2 this Monday morning, the interior Minister reaffirmed the position of the executive on the earthquake which struck this Maghreb country in the night from …

Four people have died and others are still missing after an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana on Saturday, local media reported. According to some reports, the victims were workers who worked night shifts in the Chinese quarry in Shama district. It was not immediately clear what caused …

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, launched a program of free maternity and newborn care at the Camp Tshatshi military hospital. The first part of the care package in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this program aims to …

Some bandit invaded St. Raphael Parish as they razed the parish house with a Seminarian, Kafanchan Diocese in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria. “Some priests escaped during the incident but one of them who was a seminarian, was caught in the inferno,” reports said. His remains had since been deposited in the …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to be vigilant in the wake of terrorism threats, asking that all visitors be checked before entering places of worship and recreational facilities. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, President Museveni asked Ugandans not to allow any “strange” people …

A Malian army camp was targeted by a suicide attack in Gao on Friday, the day after a double attack blamed on jihadists which killed at least 64 civilians and soldiers in the north, where tension is growing day by day. The army spoke in a brief message on social …