Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 18, 2021 Seven people have died in flash flooding that hit the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa after torrential rains, officials said on Wednesday. Images from the capital showed firefighters wading through brown water to inspect flooded houses and in one instance walking through sludge with a stretcher to remove a body. Houses and cars were submerged by the waters after the … Continue reading Seven dead in Addis Ababa flash floods

Algiers (AFP) Aug 18, 2021 Algeria will review its relations with Morocco after accusing it of complicity in deadly forest fires, a presidency statement said Wednesday, in the latest tensions between the North African neighbours. At least 90 people, including 33 soldiers, were killed in dozens of forest fires that broke out amid a blistering heatwave on August 9 across swathes of northern Algeria. President … Continue reading Algeria to review Morocco relations after ‘hostile acts’

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Sydney (AFP) Aug 16, 2021 A rare, shrew-like Australian marsupial, whose males die en masse from stress after a “frenetic” mating season, has survived devastating wildfires that scorched one of their few habitats, researchers said Monday. Scientists had feared for the future of a key population of silver-headed antechinus, only formally identified eight years ago, when wildfires in 2019 swept through much of their hahttp://dlvr.it/S5sQnC Continue reading ‘Suicidal reproducer’ mammal survives Australia fires

Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Aug 17, 2021 Clashes erupted in a gold-mining region of northeastern DR Congo on Tuesday where troops were deployed after three Chinese nationals went missing, military and local sources said. The military had announced the deployment on Monday in the vicinity of Djugu in Bunia province. Military spokesman Jules Ngongo said that three men working along with many others for a … Continue reading Fighting in DR Congo after 3 Chinese go missing

Algiers (AFP) Aug 17, 2021 Algerian police Tuesday announced another 25 arrests over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires last week, taking the total number of suspects to 61. The latest arrests were made in several provinces across the country, police said in a statement, adding that the suspects were also accused of damaging public and police property. The … Continue reading Algeria arrests 60 over fire lynching; As France, Portugal battle own fires

Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 13, 2021 Toxic substances emitted in Angola have turned a river red in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the environment minister said on Friday, warning of an “ecological catastrophe” as the pollution kills wildlife including hippos. This “discolouration would be caused by a toxic substance spill by an Angolan factory specialising in industrial diamond mining,” DR Congo Enviroment Minister Eve Bazahttp://dlvr.it/S5ntwf Continue reading Hippos die as DR Congo river contaminated with ‘toxic’ waste

Bozkurt, Turkey (AFP) Aug 16, 2021 Seventy-seven people died and at least 40 are still missing in Turkey after flash floods hit Black Sea regions last week, officials said on Monday. The death toll has been climbing all weekend as rescue and recovery workers pick through debris left behind by the subsiding waters in the hardest-hit areas. More than 30 villages still have no electricity … Continue reading Turkey floods death toll at 77, dozens still missing

Port-Salut, Haiti (AFP) Aug 16, 2021 Rescuers in Haiti used heavy equipment and their bare hands Monday to hunt for survivors under buildings flattened two days ago by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people, while an approaching storm threatened more suffering. Flash floods and mudslides were possible as the front bore down on the Caribbean nation’s southwestern peninsula, which was hard-hit by … Continue reading Desperate search after Haiti quake as storm threatens

Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 15, 2021 Residents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem were evacuated on Sunday because of a large forest fire nearby, Israeli police said. Firemen supported by firefighting aircraft were working to extinguish the blaze as the smoke blotted out the sky across much of the city. A spokesman for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office said he had held a special … Continue reading Fire near Jerusalem forces village evacuations