Many hundreds of people have died in the Gulf of Aden while trying to reach Saudi Arabia through Yemen. At least 38 migrants and refugees, including children, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency has said, after their bodies were recovered….
European climate agency says ocean surface temperature also reached new record raising risk of extreme weather. The world just experienced its warmest March on record, the 10th straight month of historic heat, as sea surface temperatures also hit a new high, according to Europe’s climate monitoring agency. The European Union’s…
Mbyo/Kigali, Rwanda – Mukaremera Laurence gazed at the ground as Nkundiye Thacien spoke about how he used a machete to kill her husband 30 years ago. The three of them had been neighbours and lifelong friends, living together in the Rwandan village of Mbyo. But then, in 1994, Thacien received…
Russ Cook finishes the journey of more than 16,000km (9,940 miles) in 352 days, raising $870,000 for two separate charities. Sore and sandblasted but triumphant, runner Russ Cook has reached the northernmost point of Africa, almost a year after he set off from its southern tip on a quest to…
EXPLAINER The three-day festival celebrates the completion of the fasting month of Ramadan by Muslims across the world. As the fasting month of Ramadan comes to an end, Muslims around the world are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the “festival of breaking the fast”. According to astronomical calculations, the month of…
Warning: Some of the images below are graphic and show victims of massacres. On April 7, 1994, one of the most harrowing events in modern history began: the Rwandan genocide. One hundred days of unfathomable slaughter in which an estimated 800,000-1,000,000 people were killed. Rwandans were pitted against Rwandans, Hutu…
NewsFeed It has been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide – the campaign of extermination where the Hutu-led state killed an estimated 800,000, mostly Tutsi civilians, in just 100 days. Published On 7 Apr 20247 Apr 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source
Cape Town, South Africa – Just Nuisance, who died 80 years ago this week, was the first dog in the world to receive an official Royal Navy rank. Every April, humans and canines flock to the naval suburb of Simon’s Town to celebrate his life with cake, walkies and a…
Aid deliveries follow talks to reopen humanitarian corridors from Chad amid warnings that millions face acute hunger. The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region for the first time in months amid warnings of impending famine caused by a yearlong war and lack of access to…
Rift comes after Somaliland deal giving landlocked Ethiopia access to the Red Sea. A deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland involving the lease of coastline and establishment of a naval base has further worsened diplomatic relations with Somalia. Somalia’s government is furious at the agreement, which would…
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