The death toll from devastating floods triggered by heavy rainfall in Nigeria’s central state of Niger has climbed to at least 151, local authorities said on Saturday. Ibrahim Hussaini, spokesperson for the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, told Xinhua by telephone that over 50 more bodies were recovered onContinue Reading
The death toll from devastating floods triggered by heavy rainfall in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State has climbed to at least 100, local authorities said Friday. Citing an on-the-spot assessment visit by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the Mokwa area where the disaster occurred, a senior official ofContinue Reading
At least 11 people were killed and 7 others injured, including 2 in critical condition, after a building under construction collapsed in Touba, a city in central Senegal, the Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action said Monday on social media. According to local media reports, the accident occurredContinue Reading
The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has risen to 138 since the beginning of this year, public health authorities said Thursday. In a statement posted to its website, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that 717 confirmedContinue Reading
The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 127, public health authorities said Tuesday. A total of 674 confirmed cases have been recorded from 4,025 suspected cases reported since the onset of the outbreak in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and PreventionContinue Reading
The death toll from a Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy has risen to 34, while 117 people were injured, according to a statement from Ukraine’s State Service for Emergencies. Two children were among the dead, and 15 other children were wounded in the attack,Continue Reading
At least 33 people have been confirmed dead following heavy rains that flooded Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), authorities said early Monday. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Security Jacquemain Shabani said the torrential downpour, which occurred overnight from Friday to Saturday,Continue Reading
