The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Nigeria: Death toll from floods climbs to 95
The dying toll from floods in Nigeria has risen to 95, in accordance to local media reports Wednesday. Sixteen extra people had been killed in floods brought on with the aid of heavy rains in…
WFP Seeks Aid for South Sudan Flood Relief
Heavy seasonal rainfall causing devastating floods since June have impacted over 700,000 people across South Sudan — already in a precarious situation due to food shortages from an overwhelming locust infestation and a health crisis…
Breaking: Sudan begins cleaning up after floods
Nearly 830,000 people have been affected by the devastating floods in Sudan, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs said on Thursday, even though flood waters have been receding in recent days. Most of the damage…
Thousands need urgent aid over floods in Africa…
Dozens of human beings have died over floods in Africa’s Sahel region, whilst heaps others are “in instant need of shelter, easy water, and health services,” the UN Refugee Agency stated in a statement Thursday.…
Mauritania: Floods from heavy rains in Nouakchott
Residents of quite a few neighborhoods in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, observed their toes in the water on Sunday after a rare abundance of rain. Driving used to be impossible in some neighborhoods whose…
Burkina Faso faces armed conflict, COVID-19 and floods
Fati Soré is one of the many displaced people in the Sahel, who fled to the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso. She came here with her children from Pensa, a village located some…
Sudan: Thousands displaced as battle against floods continues
As Sudan grapples with the aftermath of its worst floods in a century, there is a glimmer of hope as the Blue Nile waters have began to drop. The water and irrigation ministry stated on…
Dead bodies recovered after mining accident kills 50…
About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains. The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday in the town of…
NEWS: Past floods overflow Sudanese capital
Rising floodwaters and heavy rainfall have killed round a hundred humans southern Khartoum's Alshiqlab neighbourhood. The residents are struggling to cope with the injury triggered via file floods, that inundated over 100,000 houses due to…
Sudan’s flood death toll increases to 102
Sudan said on Monday that the demise toll from the country’s floods caused by using heavy seasonal rains has risen to 102. The floods have completely submerged the village of Eltomaniat, north of Khartoum, Col.…
NEWS: Northern Cameroon Under Flood
Over 1,500 households in Northern Cameroon have been displaced as overwhelming floods - from heavy rainfall in the town of Maroua the remaining few days, have destroyed their homes, washed away cattle and devastated plantations.…
NEWS: Floods kill 45 and displace thousands in…
Flooding from heavy rains in Niger's western region has killed at least 45 humans and pressured extra than 226,000 from their homes. Days of rain induced the Niger River to overflow, which actually shut down…
NEWS: Floods kill 65 and destroy homes in…
Floods and torrential rains have killed at least sixty 5 people and destroyed greater than fourteen thousand houses in Sudan. Tens of thousands of houses have been damaged, numerous faculties destroyed and water sources rendered…
NEWS: Floods in Bundibugyo destroy 200 houses
Flash floods have submerged over 200 homes in Kisuba Sub- County, Bundibugyo District. This is the 0.33 wave of flash floods that have ravaged the district this month. The floods had been induced by means…
Breaking: Several districts of Niger capital flooded
Several districts of Niger's capital Niamey were flooded on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused the Niger River to break its banks. Homes, rice fields and market gardens were destroyed.Almost all of Niamey's one point five…
Sudan: At least 8 people die in floods
At least eight people died in flooding after heavy rains in the city of Kassala in japanese Sudan, nearby media said Thursday. Ahmad Khalil, deputy administrative head of Kassala and Aroma towns, announced that 23…
Outrage floods Twitter as Mzansi responds to Tazne…
Social media is reeling after the discovery of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk's body after almost two weeks of searching for the missing child. Van Wyk was last seen on February 7 when she left her…
