The latest figure of 7,919 excess deaths from late May to August 20 is not final and could yet rise as the data from the final weeks of the summer comes in, the French public health authority said.
Darfur, already ravaged by decades of conflict, has faced some of the worst violence of the war in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has raged since 2023 and killed more than 200,000 people.
Two survivors were arrested, while authorities said 10 people are believed to have drowned. The whereabouts of three other reported survivors were unknown.
A deadly Ebola outbreak has spread to a fourth province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, meaning the country’s entire northeast — home to around 15 million people — is affected.
The first quake, with an epicenter 21 kilometers (13 miles) west of the coastal town of Moron, occurred at 2204 GMT, USGS said. Within a minute, a 7.5-magnitude quake struck about 45 kilometers away.
A severe tropical storm battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday, injuring 15 people and prompting calls to evacuate for hundreds of thousands of people due to flooding and landslide risks.
Tents used to isolate Ebola patients at Rwampara hospital, in the northeastern Ituri province at the outbreak’s epicentre, were torched in the riot on Thursday, which ended swiftly after the army stepped in. Only the tents’ charred husks remain.
The capital Nairobi has the highest death toll in the floods, with 37 people killed, authorities said.
Zaidi ya familia 3,000 zimelazimika kuondoka makwao katika jamii ya Nyakach, huku baadhi wakikimbilia katika vituo vinane vya muda, wakazi walisema, wakati maji kutoka mto Mirui unaofurika yakiendelea kuhatarisha eneo hilo.
Flash flooding after torrential rains in Kenya has killed at least 45 people and forced hundreds to leave their homes, police said Monday.
Mwanzo Tv News
