Africa

A 12-year-old girl thought to be the only survivor of the Yemenia air crash has told how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. Baya Bakari told her father at a hospital in Yemen that she heard voices around her in the Indian Ocean, but could not see anyone. She...
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The death toll from the worst cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe’s history continues to rise and now stands at 1,608, the United Nations said today, adding that the number of cases of the acute intestinal infection caused by contaminated food or water has risen to 30,365 as of 29 December. UN agencies are continuing their...
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The nation was in deep shock and mourning yesterday, following the news of a horrendous disco hall stampede during the Eid el Fitr celebrations in Tabora town on Wednesday evening, in which 19 children perished and 16 others were hospitalised. Twelve of those admitted had been treated and discharged by last evening, leaving behind...
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ALGIERS (AFP) – Flooding following rare torrential rains on the edge of the Algerian desert have killed at least 30 people and injured 50, while damaging hundreds of homes, officials said Thursday. Algeria’s Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni said the floods are the worst for a century and warned of higher casualties in Ghardaia,...
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MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) _ Officials say at least 89 people have died in wildfires sweeping through Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland. The Mozambique government says that 49 people have died in central Mozambique and the toll may rise further. The fires claimed more than 40 lives in South Africa and Swaziland.
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A humanitarian plane carrying 17 people — most of them relief workers — has crashed during a storm in a mountainous region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said Tuesday. Search and rescue crews were not immediately able to land their helicopter in the area and determine whether anyone survived the...
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