‘So much joy’
Rio de Janeiro’s carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 hit Brazil.
Over 100 killed in Nigeria oil refinery explosion
An explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria's Rivers state killed over 100 people overnight, a local government official and the NGO Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC...
17 killed in jihadist-linked attacks in Nigeria
Seventeen people have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria, where a more than decade-long Islamist insurgency has claimed tens of thousands of lives, sources said yesterday.
Australia will not challenge Assange extradition
Australia will not challenge Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States and has confidence in the British judicial system, a
S Africa flood toll rises to 443 as deluge eases
The death toll from floods that have battered South Africa’s east coast has risen to 443, including a rescuer, a regional official said yesterday, as dozens more are still missing.
Nigeria says 70 ISIS-linked terrorists killed in air strikes
Nigeria’s air force said Saturday that it had killed more than 70 ISIS affiliated fighters in the north of the country, at the border with Niger.
S Africa flood toll nears 400 as rescuers search for missing
Police, army and volunteer rescuers yesterday widened the search for dozens still missing five days after the deadliest storm to strike South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in living memory as the...
At least 45 dead in S Africa floods
At least 45 people have died in floods and mudslides after rainstorms struck the South African port city of Durban and surrounding KwaZulu-Natal province, the authorities said yesterday.
Rival forces in South Sudan clash again
Fresh fighting erupted Friday between government and opposition forces in South Sudan just days after both sides pledged to uphold a ceasefire and try to save a teetering peace deal.
941 sq kms of Amazon forest gone in 3 months
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new quarterly record in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year earlier, official data showed yesterday.