Climate change drove extreme rain in southeast Africa storms: Study

PARIS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A string of deadly storms pummelled Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique with more intense rainfall because of climate change, new research found. Three tropical cyclones and two tropical storms hit Southeast Africa in just six weeks in the first months of this year, causing widespread flooding.…

Covid-19: Queen Elizabeth felt ‘exhausted’ from infection

 LONDON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who turns 96 soon, has spoken of serious fatigue after she contracted Covid-19 in February despite aides downplaying her illness.    At the time, Buckingham Palace said the vaccinated monarch had “mild, cold-like symptoms”.    But she was forced to cancel…

HRW asks Cameroon to protect prisoners from cholera

YAOUNDE, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human Rights Watch asked Cameroon to protect prisoners from a cholera outbreak, saying at least six inmates had died in the country’s second largest jail since March. According to Cameroon’s health minister, 105 people have died in the outbreak since October. The disease has been identified in six…

South Africa’s Zuma to miss graft trial on health grounds: lawyer

JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma will miss the resumption of his trial for alleged corruption on the grounds of ill health, his lawyer said. “There was a medical emergency which took place in the past few hours,” his lawyer Dali Mpofu announced Monday in…

Somalia drought: ‘Act now or 350,000 children will die’ – UN

 MOGADISHU, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Somalia faces what experts call its worst drought in a decade, children are bearing the brunt. Parents are struggling to feed them, with nearly half of the country’s under-five population likely to suffer from acute malnutrition by June. Nimco Abdi gently places her six-month-old…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine creates online war crimes archive to hold Russians accountable

Emergency workers remove debris of a building destroyed in the course of the Ukraine-Russia conflict KIEV, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has created an online archive to document Russia’s war crimes for the world to know the truth and for Russians to be held accountable. Minister…

Nigeria: Gunmen attack Plateau communities, kill many; abducted wife and daughter of Plateau Commissioner of Environment

ABUJA, April 11 (NNN-NAN) — Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have attacked and killed some locals and razed down many houses in four villages of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attackers stormed the villages on Sunday afternoon, shooting sporadically and…

Covid-19: New York City mayor tests positive

New York City Mayor Eric Adams NEW YORK, April 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, the mayor’s office said a statement. Adams “woke up with a raspy voice” on Sunday morning and tested positive, said the statement, adding that “At this…

US shooting: 2 killed, 5 injured in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two people were killed and five injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, local authorities said.   The shooting occurred at approximately 4:13 p.m. local time (2013 GMT) at the 12200 block of Blakley Avenue, said the Los…

Gambia: President’s party falls short of majority in Legislative vote

BANJUL, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gambian President Adama Barrow’s party won a narrow victory in legislative elections but fell short of the majority needed to govern the West African country alone, results showed Sunday. Barrow’s National People’s Party won 19 of the 53 parliamentary seats up for grabs, overturning the…