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DAKAR (Reuters) – Up to 57 people have died after a ship from Gambia carrying around 150 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday, the U.N. migration agency said. The perilous sea passage from West Africa to Europe … Continue reading Up to 57 dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritanian coast – U.N. agency
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 23 people were killed and 45 injured when fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded at a ceramics factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, a district police chief said. Six of the … Continue reading Twenty-three killed in ceramics factory fire in Sudan
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers meet women and children on their path during a patrol near Bentiu, northern South Sudan, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola JUBA (Reuters) – The United Nations has sent a contingent of peacekeepers … Continue reading U.N. sends troops to halt bout of ethnic violence in South Sudan
MADRID (Reuters) – The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas in a report launched at a climate … Continue reading Earth’s temperature likely marks hottest decade on record: report
Survivors of Cyclone Idai queue to collect food aid at Ngangu in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. food agency said on Tuesday it was procuring 240,000 tonnes of food assistance to deliver to … Continue reading UN to deliver food aid to 4.1 mln hungry in Zimbabwe
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Monday to 13 French soldiers killed in Mali last week and vowed no respite in the fight against Islamist militants in the region. French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during … Continue reading France’s Macron pays respects to soldiers killed in Mali, says battle goes on
PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Parisians lined the streets of Paris on Monday to pay their respects to 13 French soldiers killed in Mali last week as hearses bearing their flag-draped coffins crossed the heart of the city. Soldiers and … Continue reading Parisians line up to mourn 13 soldiers killed in Mali
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people a year from their homes over the last decade – a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate … Continue reading Poor nations pay price as millions flee ‘climate chaos’, Oxfam says
GENEVA (Reuters) – African migrants were among at least 20 civilians killed this week in two attacks on a market in northern Yemen where migrants are known to congregate as they make their way to wealthy Gulf states in search … Continue reading African migrants among 20 civilians killed in attacks on Yemen within a week – U.N
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist rebels have killed at least 19 people in east Congo, an official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks causing anger at the perceived inaction of the army … Continue reading Suspected Islamists kill at least 19 in latest east Congo attack
A healthcare worker holds washed parts of protective gear at a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15, 2018. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three health workers were killed … Continue reading Three dead in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
A health worker wearing Ebola protection gear enters the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit (CUBE) at the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/ GOMA … Continue reading Three dead in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
