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After cheating death himself and escaping the rubble, Abdellah Aeet Bihi found his youngest son, aged four, alive but trapped after Morocco’s earthquake.The boy was still able to talk from under the rubble of their collapsed house.”But I couldn’t get to him,” Bihi, 39, recalled in their village of Talat Nyacoub, destroyed by the Friday …

Unbearable pain of loss tears at Moroccan quake villageTue, 12 Sep 2023 12:28:29 GMT Read More »

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl in the third one-day international with South Africa in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.With Australia holding a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, captain Mitchell Marsh announced three changes, including an ODI debut for leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha.”Leading up to the World Cup we have a full squad and we …

Australia bowl first in third ODI with South AfricaTue, 12 Sep 2023 11:34:08 GMT Read More »

Thousands are feared dead or missing in Libya after huge flash floods devastated eastern regions, with a surge of muddy river water ripping away entire neighbourhoods in one coastal city, local authorities and international aid groups said Tuesday. Massive destruction can be seen in images published online from the port city of Derna, home to 100,000 …

‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing as floods devastate east LibyaTue, 12 Sep 2023 11:08:07 GMT Read More »

The shelves are stocked at Anita Wairimu’s store in downtown Nairobi, but nothing is selling. Nobody has cash to spare, she explained, her customers are struggling just to make ends meet.”I’ve had the shop for eight years. This has been the most difficult year. It’s worse than during the Covid period,” the 44-year-old single mother …

Inflation, taxes and protests: challenging first year for Kenya’s RutoTue, 12 Sep 2023 05:39:09 GMT Read More »

Amnesty International said Tuesday that the expansion of industrial copper and cobalt mines in mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has led to forced evictions and a litany of rights abuses.The central African nation has the world’s largest reserves of cobalt, a metal viewed as vital for the renewable-energy transition because of its use in electric-vehicle …

Amnesty blasts evictions linked to DR Congo industrial minesTue, 12 Sep 2023 04:34:55 GMT Read More »

At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.Images filmed by residents of the Libyan disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods submerged under muddy water.Speaking on Libyan network Almasar, Oussama Hamad, prime minister of …

150 dead as ‘catastrophic’ storm floods hit east LibyaTue, 12 Sep 2023 01:56:38 GMT Read More »

Medics treated a constant flow of casualties after Morocco’s strongest-ever earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, but hopes were fading Tuesday of finding more survivors under the rubble.Rescuers supported by foreign teams faced a race against time to find those still alive after villages in the Atlas mountains were devastated by the 6.8-magnitude disaster that …

Medics in quake-hit Morocco battle against the clockTue, 12 Sep 2023 01:36:45 GMT Read More »

Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the authorities, many survivors of Morocco’s powerful earthquake escaped death only to fear they are now on their own to stay alive.The deadly quake has put a heavy burden on the North African kingdom’s emergency resources and some stranded in shattered communities were angry and shocked …

Survivors suffer as Morocco quake aid trickles inTue, 12 Sep 2023 01:31:17 GMT Read More »

Moroccan rescuers supported by foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages after the country’s strongest-ever earthquake.The 6.8-magnitude quake struck the Atlas mountains late Friday southwest of the tourist centre of Marrakesh. It killed at least 2,862 people and injured more than …

Rescuers race against time as Morocco quake death toll mountsMon, 11 Sep 2023 19:14:08 GMT Read More »

Madagascar marked the official start of the electoral period on Monday after the courts cleared the way for President Andry Rajoelina to run for re-election despite his dual French nationality.At a packed event in the capital Antananarivo, election authorities assigned the 13 presidential candidates their ranking on the ballot voters will use to choose the …

Madagascar gears up for vote after court clears presidentMon, 11 Sep 2023 16:58:46 GMT Read More »