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Starvation stalking Sudan's Darfur region as fighting intensifies
Sudanese refugees displaced by the conflict in Sudan gather to receive food staples from aid agencies at the Metche Camp in eastern Chad Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis caused by the spillover from the war in Sudan, the United Nations said.
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2024-05-04, Beijing News
new york - The WorldFood Program warned Friday that time is running out to prevent starvation in Sudan's Darfur region, as intensifying clashes in North Darfur's capital...
Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises
Public minibus are submerged in the flooded streets of Dar salaam, Tanzania Thursday, April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday.
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2024-05-03, Al Jazeera
Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing...
Floods kill at least 42 in central Kenya after dam bursts
People gather on the main road after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country's west. (AP Photo)
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2024-04-29, Bahrain News Agency
Nairobi, Apr. 29 (BNA): At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could...
Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 2282024-05-05
Straits Times: NAIROBI - The number of...
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT2024-05-05
The Call: There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza. But...
They study next to one of Africa's largest trash dumps. They're planting bamboo to try ...2024-05-05
The Journal Durango: NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Armed with gardening hoes while others cradled bamboo seedlings, students gathered outside their school in Kenya's capital. They hoped the fully grown bamboo would help to filter......
More money going to African climate startups, but huge funding gap remains2024-05-05
Voa News: NAIROBI, Kenya — When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is today. Climate tech was new in Africa, the...
Cyclone Hidaya weakens as it moves toward Tanzania's coastline, officials say2024-05-05
Telegraph Herald: NAIROBI, Kenya — Cyclone Hidaya significantly weakened as it approached Tanzania’s coastline, the country’s meteorology department said Saturday. ......
Kenya Pollution Bamboo2024-05-05
Citrus County Chronicle: People scavenge recyclable materials for a living, at Dandora, the largest garbage dump in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, April 22, 2024. Students at a school next to Kenya's largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to purify the air with ......
Anger mounts as Kenyans left homeless and searching for loved ones swept away in floods2024-05-05
CNN: When Julia Wanjiku put her son Isaac to bed last Sunday after a day celebrating his third birthday, she didn’t realize she was also saying goodbye. In the early hours of Monday morning, Wanjiku awoke after hearing screams from her neighbors. A ferocious river...
A tropical cyclone hits the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania2024-05-04
The Cleveland American: NAIROBI, KENYA.-Rain Strong winds and gusty winds lashed coastal areas Kenya And TanzaniaThe first effects of a Cyclone This threatens to worsen the chaos in these two East African countries, which are already suffering from deadly floods. About 400...
Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania buffeted by tropical cyclone2024-05-04
Oman Observer: NAIROBI: Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania were buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, adding to the chaos caused by deadly floods that hav ......
Africa: AllAfrica Joins Forces with Ubuntu Tribe to Unveil the Revolutionary Ubuntuverse at the Media ...2024-05-04
All Africa: The 2024 edition of the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit,...
HRW calls for proactive measures to combat Kenya floods2024-05-04
Jurist: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Kenya’s government of not proactively addressing nationwide flash floods. The rights group called upon the state to fulfill its obligation to safeguard vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly,...
UN: Darfur risks starvation and death if aid not allowed in2024-05-04
The New Arab: The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties on Friday that there is a severe risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region. Leni Kinzli, the World...
Kenya gears up for global civil society summit2024-05-04
Xinhua: NAIROBI, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenya will next week host the United NationsCivil SocietyConference in the capital, Nairobi, to be attended by over 2,000 participants drawn from governments, multilateral institutions, industry, academia and thinks tanks. The May...
Kenyan tour guide rescues 14 tourists after devastating floods in Maasai Mara2024-05-04
Metro UK: Tour guideJames Apolloh Omenya rescued tourists and staff after floods in Maasai Mara, Kenya (Picture: Facebook) A Kenyan tour guide helped rescue 14 tourists and 25 staff after major flooding hit their camp in Maasai Mara national reserve. The group,...