Africa

More than 1,000 people have died and at least 740,000 have been displaced due to devastating floods across West and Central Africa, impacting over 5 million individuals in 16 countries, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday citing the United Nations. The hardest-hit…

The African Union’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has issued a stark warning about the ongoing mpox epidemic on the continent, Arab News reported yesterday. As of Thursday, the death toll from mpox has surpassed 800, with…

Archaeologists in Morocco have uncovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old farming society at the Oued Beht site, marking the oldest such discovery outside the Nile Valley, Live Science reported. This site, comparable in size to ancient Troy, reveals evidence of…

Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 individuals, including a prominent smuggler and his wife, following a tragic shipwreck that claimed the lives of 15 migrants off Djerba island, Arab News reported yesterday. The incident occurred on Monday when a boat carrying…

Africa, despite having the fewest roads and vehicles, suffers the highest rate of road fatalities globally, with 620 deaths daily, Arab News reported yesterday. A recent World Health Organization report revealed that the continent recorded a staggering death rate of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on September 28, detailing civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid military confrontations involving Rwandan forces and the M23 rebel group, Jurist News revealed. The M23, a Tutsi-led…

As global demand for minerals rises, advocacy groups in Africa are urging stronger protections for women and child laborers in the mining industry, VOA revealed yesterday. Women in Mining Africa organized a virtual meeting to promote gender equity and social…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is testing an AI-powered app in South Sudan to identify venomous snakes, utilizing a database of 380,000 images, The Guardian reported yesterday. The initiative aims to improve treatment for the 5.4 million annual snakebite victims globally,…

Thirteen bodies, believed to belong to sub-Saharan African migrants, were discovered off Tunisia’s eastern coast, Arab News reported yesterday. The grim find occurred near the coastal towns of Salakta and Chebba over Tuesday and Wednesday. Farid Ben Jha, spokesman for…

A year after a powerful earthquake devastated Morocco’s mountainous High Atlas region, the village of Tinmel is rebuilding not just homes, but a piece of their history – the Great Mosque, Arab News reported yesterday. The nearly 900-year-old mosque, a…