At least 33 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion and fire at a gas station in Dagestan, a Russian republic in the Caucasus, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Russian Situations Ministry. emergency. “A total of 102 people were injured as a …
Read More »Migrants found dead off Tunisia coast
Authorities in Tunisia say at least five migrants have died and seven others are missing after their boat sank off the coast. The vessel, heading for Europe, was carrying 35 people, mostly Tunisian nationals, including women and children. Twenty-three passengers have been rescued. The boat capsized shortly after setting sail …
Read More »At least 24 dead after torrential rains in India
At least 24 people have died in India, nine of them in a temple collapse, and dozens more missing, after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, officials said on Monday. Several days of torrential rain destroyed bridges and buildings, washed away vehicles in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, …
Read More »At least 93 dead after fires in Hawaii
At least 93 people have died in the fires that ravaged the island of Maui, Hawaii, a new toll that has earned authorities a shower of criticism. “It’s going to keep going up. We want people to be prepared for that,” state governor John Green warned Saturday. In a landscape …
Read More »Gunmen kill 20 and injure several in Nigeria
At least 20 people were killed and others sustained gunshot wounds on Thursday after armed men attacked two villages in the north central state of Plateau, where violence between cattle herders and farmers is common, police said. Plateau police spokesperson Alfred Alabo said the attacks took place in the early …
Read More »Covid-19 back in Europe with a new variant
Emergency room visits for suspected Covid-19 are on the rise among children under 2 and adults for the week of July 31 to August 6 in France, according to data from the Oscour network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Surveillance). In its bulletin published on Tuesday, the network reports a 56% …
Read More »Interpol launches vast operation against criminal groups in West Africa
An Interpol operation against organized crime based in West Africa, specializing in internet scams, led to the seizure of two million euros and the arrest of a hundred people in various countries, the international organization announced Tuesday in a press release. During this operation called “Jackal” targeting organized crime groups …
Read More »Cameroon: troops dig up bodies of kidnapped officials
The remains of five government workers who were kidnapped in Cameroon’s restive South-West region in 2021 have been exhumed in a remote village, after a former separatist fighter who recently surrendered to authorities revealed that they had been killed and buried. He then led security forces to the burial site …
Read More »Ghana: 27 immigration officers suspended for fake recruitment
The Ghana Immigration Service announced the suspension of 27 employees, for allegedly committing several offences including running fake recruitment drives and visa fraud, local media reported. The employees – three senior officers and 24 junior officers have been asked to stop work temporarily to pave the way for further investigations. …
Read More »Ugandan officers on recovery mission rescued from drowning
Five Ugandan marine officers on a mission to recover bodies from last week’s accident in Lake Victoria were rescued on Sunday after their rescue boat capsized, police have said. At least 20 people died in the accident last Tuesday involving an overloaded boat believed to have been carrying 34 people. …
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