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Lightning strike kills 14 at prayer service in Uganda: report
The strike, in northern Uganda’s Lamwo district, injured 34 others, police said in a Sunday statement. “The victims, yet to…
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Around 40 killed in attack on Chad military base: report
President Mahamat Idriss Deby launched an operation to track down the assailants, the statement said. It did not name the…
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50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack
“On Friday morning, the RSF militia heavily shelled and bombarded Alseriha village of Al Kamlin locality,” said the resistance committee,…
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Nearly 480,000 children suffering from malnutrition in Kenya
Although malnutrition cases remain high, the number represents a decline from 760,488 in July, according to NDMA’s September update released…
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Flooding in Senegal affects 55,600 people
The floods have inundated 1,002 hectares of farmland, with major crops such as chili (49.19%), rice (21.59%), and maize (10.56%)…
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Over 1 mn people affected by flooding in South Sudan
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update released in Juba, the capital of…
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Fuel tanker explosion kills 90 in NW Nigeria: report
The tanker exploded along the Kano-Hadejia expressway in the local government area of Taura in Jigawa state, police spokesman Lawan…
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Train crash in Egypt injures at least 20 people: report
The collision occurred in the province of Minya, 270 kilometers (about 168 miles) south of Cairo, the railway authority said…
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10 miners die, five injured in central Zambia
Charity Munganga Chanda, the Central Province Police Commissioner, said the accident happened in the early hours of Monday when an…
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