Sudan conflict: Khartoum landmarks in flames as battles rage across country
Fire engulfs Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company tower amid clashes around army headquarters in capital while fighting also reported in city of El-Obeid Flames gripped...
Month : September 2023
Power outages and one death as Storm Lee swings away from Canadian coast
Tens of thousands without power in New England and Nova Scotia as other potentially dangerous tempests hover over the Atlantic Tens of thousands in New...
Libya floods: warlord using disaster response to exert control, say observers
Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna As search and rescue teams continue to...
Newborn baby found dead on boat crossing Mediterranean to Italy
Small vessel rescued en route to island of Lampedusa, which has received 8,500 people this week A newborn baby has been found dead on a...
Leading critic of Egyptian state jailed for six months
Free speech advocate Hisham Kassem sentenced for defaming former minister Kamal Abu Eita A court in Cairo has sentenced a former newspaper publisher, free speech...
‘Towns were erased’: Libyan reporters on the ‘horrifying, harrowing’ aftermath of floods
Journalists who reported on last week’s catastrophic storm say the country’s bloody political tussle has contributed to the collapse of services Early last week, Mohamed...
South Africa holds state funeral for divisive Zulu politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Mourners pay tribute to controversial former leader of Inkatha Freedom Party who died last week aged 95 Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s eastern...
Libya flood: investigation opened as hopes of finding survivors fade
Prosecutors to investigate collapse of dams as rescue effort continues a week after catastrophic deluge Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of...
Weather tracker: Libya floods caused by Storm Daniel ‘medicane’
Country hit by record rainfall that followed Mediterranean storm with similarities to tropical cyclone After battering Greece last week, Storm Daniel caused further devastating floods,...
‘The waters carried my son away in front of my eyes’: anguished Libyans mourn lost loved ones
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000 Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing...
