Environment
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Afghanistan Earthquake Kills More Than 800
The 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck just before midnight, rattling buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
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Tana River Community Protest Alleged Grab of 10,000-Acre Ancestral Land
The residents also claimed the Kipini Wildlife Conservancy has been destroying homes and forcefully displacing families.
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‘Restoring dignity’: Kenya Slum Exchange Offers Water for Plastic
The project serves some 800 residents daily, allowing them access to modern bathrooms, clean water and menstrual hygiene facilities — services that are out of reach for many Kibera households.
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Japan Urges Evacuations After Rains Leave Several Missing
More than 40 centimetres (15.9 inches) of rain fell over 12 hours in Kumamoto prefecture’s hardest-hit Tamana city, a record for the area according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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Death Toll from Northwest China Floods Rises to 13
Torrents of mud and water began hitting mountainous areas of Gansu province on Thursday, with the death toll listed as 10 on Friday as rescuers searched for at least 33 missing people.
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Millions go hungry in Nigeria as aid dries up, jihadists surge
Resurgent jihadist attacks, huge cuts in foreign aid and a spiralling cost of living: hunger is looming in northeastern Nigeria, where more than a million people face starvation. Before insurgency upended daily life, Damboa was…
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Kenya Met Issues 5-Day Warning of Heavy Rainfall and Cold Across Multiple Regions
Heavy rainfall is expected in the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift Valley, and Highlands West of the Rift Valley, including counties such as Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet,…
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline, A Regional Divide or Path to Unity?
Will the pipeline really improve the lives of people in Uganda, Tanzania and other East African countries? Or will it increase inequality, worsen climate change and divide the region?
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What is genocide and is it happening in Gaza?
Rights groups, lawyers and some governments are describing the Gaza war as “genocide” and calling for a ceasefire but Israel, created in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust of Jews, vehemently rejects the explosive term.
