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Severe flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have claimed the lives of at least 70 people since mid-March, double the number of earlier fatalities, Al Jazeera reported yesterday citing the government officials. The flooding, exacerbated by the El Niño weather…

An artificial sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people’s health by weakening the gut, a new study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Nutrition has found. Recent studies have indicated considerable health risks associated with…

Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the northern villages…

A new study has revealed that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved…

At least 70 al-Shabaab terrorists were eliminated and 30 others wounded in a military operation in Somalia’s northern Mudug region, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. The operation happened in the vicinity of Tabar-mooge, about 28 kilometers (17 miles) north of…

Dozens of students were arrested Wednesday across US campuses, with police clashes and political tension. The arrests come amid a wave of demonstrations at campuses across the US, which began last week after students at New York’s Columbia University set…

Amid escalating conflicts and violence around the globe, UN-affilliated agencies and other development groups confirmed in their reports that food insecurity exacerbated around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger, particularly in Gaza and…

Nearly four in 10 people in the US are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, a new report has found. Four of the five most polluted cities are in California, where wildfires, drought and extreme heat are driving the…

The European Parliament approved a new law on Tuesday to ban in the EU the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour, targeting China’s use of forced labor in Xinjiang, RFA reported. The Forced Labour Regulation places…

Vaccines have saved an estimated 51.2 million lives in the African region over the past 50 years, Africanews reported yesterday citing the World Health Organization. The WHO announced the achievement on Wednesday at the start of this year’s African Vaccination…