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A massive garbage pile that collapsed in the Dar-es-Salam landfill in Conakry, Guinea, has killed at least 31 people on August 23, 2026, after tonnes of waste buried nearby residents and houses during heavy rains. The incident occurred in one of the biggest and oldest waste disposals in Guinea, where huge piles of accumulated waste […]
14 pirates were slain and four pirate vessels sunk in a 10-day joint mission carried out by the Turkish Navy and Somalia’s armed forces to free the hijacked MV Lutuf near Somalia. The rescue mission resulted in the recovery of the Cameroonian-registered cargo ship after the remaining pirates fled due to continued onslaught by the […]
In a statement released on Friday, the World Bank said that South Africa, a country that puts out a lot of greenhouse gases and is having trouble switching to a more sustainable energy system, had been given $497 million to change one of its older coal-fired power plants. South Africa, the leading industrial power on […]
On Wednesday, after two years of devastating civil war, the Ethiopian government and the leaders of the northern Tigray region agreed to cease fighting as part of a deal that offered a path out of a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in Africa’s second-most populous country. After ten days of […]
Eleven people died on Saturday night during a riot at the largest stadium in the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The riot broke out during a concert by the African superstar Fally Ipupa. The country’s Interior Minister, Daniel Aselo Okito, issued a statement on Sunday pointing the finger of blame at […]
In a speech to the nation that lasted for half an hour and was broadcast on Sunday, Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, explained the slew of actions that his government plans to take in order to pull the country out of its current financial predicament. These actions will include measures to bolster the country’s own production. […]
According to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at least 100 people have been killed and 300 people have been injured as a result of two vehicle bomb explosions that occurred in the capital city of Mogadishu. The President of Somalia told reporters on Sunday that he believed the number of fatalities from the twin explosions […]
At least six pupils from three different schools in Kampala, Uganda, tested positive for the Ebola virus. One of the students ultimately succumbed to the disease, which has been on the rise in the country. Doctor Jane Ruth Aceng, who is the Ugandan Minister of Health, told reporters on Wednesday that six young people from […]
According to the authorities, at least 230 people have been killed and more than 200 others have been injured as a result of attacks on villages in the state of Blue Nile in Sudan during recent days. A health minister in the southern state, which borders Ethiopia and South Sudan, named Gamal Nasser al-Sayed, reported […]
On Wednesday, representatives from the Ethiopian government and rebels from the Tigray region started their discussions in South Africa with the goal of “finding a peaceful and sustainable solution” to the conflict that has been wreaking havoc in northern Ethiopia for almost two years. According to the South African presidency, these discussions, which are being […]
Idriss Deby, the leader of Chad, has condemned recent demonstrations that have taken place in the country, calling them an “insurrection” that is supported by outside forces. At least fifty people were killed as a direct result of the harsh crackdown on the demonstrations. Demonstrators were scolded by Deby, who also cautioned opposition leaders against […]
On Sunday, a trade union with ties to the most prominent Islamist party in Morocco rallied several hundred of the party’s members in the capital to demonstrate against the country’s high cost of living. The gathering in front of the parliament was just one of many protests that have already happened this week in Rabat […]
According to a declaration from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the reigning junta in Guinea has consented to handing control to civilians after a period of two years. The junta did so under the prospect of looming sanctions to run the country for a period of three years (ECOWAS). According to a […]
The rebel authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have confirmed that they will be attending the peace talks that are scheduled to take place in South Africa on Monday under the supervision of the African Union (AU). These talks are intended to bring an end to the conflict that has been going on in the north […]
On Tuesday, the head of the United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) asked the Security Council for the resources needed to make sure the mission can do its job in a country where security is still “turbulent” in some places and where its actions are “limited.” El Ghassim Wane described the current scenario as “an […]
The Ethiopian army has reclaimed control of three cities in the war-torn northern Tigray region from Tigrayan rebel forces, according to the government. This news comes at a time when people are worried that the war between government troops and their allies and Tigrayan rebels will start up again. The government said in a statement […]
On Monday, the United Nations Secretary General issued a call for a stop to hostilities in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where the situation is becoming “out of control.” The UN Secretary General also issued a demand for the “prompt evacuation” of Eritrean troops. Antonio Guterres was quoted as saying to the press that […]
The Nigerian Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs made an announcement on Friday (October 14) that the Federal Government has begun distributing food and non-food goods to the states that had been affected by the disaster. The greatest flooding to hit Nigeria in a decade has so far displaced more than 1.4 million people from their homes, […]
Uganda is currently fighting to control the most recent outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed 19 people and spread to five districts, with one of those deaths occurring in the capital city of Kampala. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are already more than 600 contacts that are participating in “active […]
A state minister said that a Maiden Pharmaceuticals factory in India has stopped making cough syrup after a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that the medicine may have killed hundreds of children in The Gambia. Anil Vij, the state’s health minister, stated on Wednesday that the authorities investigated a Maiden plant located […]