The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has risen to 166 since the beginning of this year, health authorities said Thursday, warning that delayed treatment and weak awareness are fueling the disease’s spread. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)Continue Reading
The death toll has risen to 32 after a passenger boat capsized earlier this week on the Niger River in central Nigeria’s Niger State, a senior official said Friday. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris, on behalf of the Nigerian government, expressed sadness “with a heavy heart”Continue Reading
The death toll of the cholera outbreak in eastern Chad has risen to 75 since July, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll has increased by 12 compared to a report released Monday by health authorities. More than 900 suspected cases have been recorded inContinue Reading
The death toll from floods caused by a storm on Cape Verde’s island of Sao Vicente has risen to nine, local authorities said Friday. Cape Verde’s government has declared two days of national mourning and a six-month state of emergency on three islands after the storm struck Monday night,Continue Reading
The death toll from Russia’s missile and drone attack on Kiev on Tuesday has risen to 23, with 134 others injured, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed in the city’s western Solomianskyi district, where a missile struck a nine-story residentialContinue Reading
The death toll of a weekend attack by suspected herders who swooped on a community in Nigeria’s central state of Benue has risen to over 151, with dozens of others injured, a senior official said. Hyacinth Alia, governor of Benue, told local media late Monday that the incident, whichContinue Reading
The death toll from devastating floods triggered by heavy rainfall in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State last week has risen to about 200, the government said Tuesday. A statement by the state government quoted Yakubu Garba, the deputy governor of Niger, as saying more bodies had been recovered in theContinue Reading
