Environment
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Sudan’s Darfur Faces Driest Rainy Season in Four Decades: WFP
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…
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Scorching Summer Triggers Record Rockfalls in Alps, Scientist Says
The exceptionally hot summer in the Alps has been marked by a record number of rockfalls, some of them fatal, with “a large majority attributable to the climate crisis”, according to scientist Ludovic Ravanel.
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Milky Way’s Fastest Star Discovered Spinning Around Black Hole
The star, named S301, orbits so dangerously close to the black hole that scientists believe it can shed light on this unimaginably powerful cosmic monster — and test out Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.
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Tanzania yatetea mpango wa uhamaji wa hiari Ngorongoro mbele ya UNESCO
Serikali ya Tanzania imeutetea mpango wa uhamaji wa hiari wa wakazi wa Eneo la Hifadhi ya Ngorongoro mbele ya Kamati ya Urithi wa Dunia ya UNESCO, ikisema hatua hiyo inalenga kulinda haki za binadamu, kuhifadhi…
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10 Ethiopians presumed drowned crossing into Botswana
Two survivors were arrested, while authorities said 10 people are believed to have drowned. The whereabouts of three other reported survivors were unknown.
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Kaptagat Forest Restoration Takes Centre Stage as Week-Long Conservation Drive Begins,
After its launch ten years ago, the Kaptagat Integrated Conservation Programme (KICP) has emerged as a national benchmark for landscape restoration, showcasing how collaboration between government, communities and other stakeholders can restore degraded forests while…
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Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Spreads to Fourth Province
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.
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Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 32, injure more than 700
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.
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WHO, Africa CDC Launch $518 mn Plan to Combat Ebola Outbreak
The WHO and the African Union’s public health agency launched a $518-million joint plan on Friday to tackle the Ebola outbreak causing alarm in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours.
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Storm injures 15 in Japan, prompts evacuation calls
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.
