Mozambique floods spiralling into escalating emergency – UN warns

Flood waters cover the Chibuto-Chaimite road in Gaza province, Mozambique MAPUTO, Jan 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — After weeks of heavy rains, floodwaters in Mozambique’s Maputo province have submerged vast areas of land. Nationwide, more than 100 people have been killed since the rainy season began in October.Rosita Augusto, a resident of…

Ethiopia: at least 40 army allies killed in mistake drone strike

Ethiopian government soldiers travel in the back of trucks on a road near Agula, north of Mekele ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopian forces killed around forty fighters from their own side in a drone strike in the insurgency-hit Amhara region on Jan 15, a nurse and a local…

Nigerian troops free 62 hostages, kill two militants in northwest operations

Interior view of Haske Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, after an attack by gunmen ABUJA, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian troops have rescued 62 hostages and killed two militants in separate operations across Kebbi and Zamfara states as part of an ongoing offensive against armed groups in the northwest, the…

South Africa floods: Heavy rains claim 38 lives in Limpopo and Mpumalanga

LIMPOPO (South Africa), Jan 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — The death toll from recent heavy rains and flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga has risen to 38, with the number of deaths reported in Limpopo increasing from 17 to 18, while six people remain missing in the province. Giving an update on the…

South Africa gun violence: Justice Department confirms fatal shooting at Booysens Court

GAUTENG (South Africa), Jan 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Justice and Constitutional Development department has confirmed a fatal shooting incident at the Booysens Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng on Tuesday. The incident claimed the lives of at least two people while three others were left injured. The incident is the latest in…

Sudan war blocks 8 million schoolchildren for nearly 500 days: NG

PORT SUDAN (Sudan), Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost three years of war in Sudan have left more than eight million children out of education for nearly 500 days, the NGO Save the Children said Thursday, highlighting one of the world’s longest school closures. “More than eight million children — nearly…

Tanzania embarks on large-scale production of pharmaceutical, medical equipment

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 21 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government has begun implementing its agenda to establish and strengthen pharmaceutical and medical devices manufacturing industries in the country, to ensure large-scale production by local manufacturers, a move expected to boost the health sector and the national economy at large. The announcement…

South Africa wildfires: Fire crews battle to contain wildfires east of Cape Town

CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Jan 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Wildfires burning in Franschhoek, east of Cape Town, flared up on Tuesday, leaving fire crews scrambling to contain the blaze once again. Local reports say fierce winds of up to 50 km an hour have exacerbated the situation in an area laden…

South Sudan: President Kiir fires interior minister, wife of detained VP Machar

JUBA, Jan 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The president of South Sudan has dismissed his interior minister, the wife of a detained opposition leader with whom he was running a unity government following a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war. President Salva Kiir on Monday evening removed Interior Minister Angelina…

UN report declares global state of ‘water bankruptcy’

A dried up lake in Malaysia brought about by prolonged drought PARIS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy” with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United Nations research institute said. It argues that decades of overuse,…
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