Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization "are concerned about the risk of disease outbreak, particularly from contaminated water and the lack of sanitation", the United Nations said Monday (Sep. 18).
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Ethiopia distance runner Gudaf Tsegay set a new world record on Sunday (Sep. 17) to wrap up the season at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet. clocked 14min 00.21 sec to carve almost five seconds off the previous held by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon.
Groups of the 2,000 rhinos will be relocated into protected areas across Africa.
It’s a massive task which will have to be done in stages, moving hundreds of animals each year.
The 12th-century walls that surround the millennium-old city have been partly disfigured. Not all buildings were on an equal footing when the quake hit, though. B buildings that have preserved their ancestral building techniques have withstood the quak...
Torrential rains in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused a landslide that killed at least 17 people overnight, authorities said on Sunday, warning that the toll could rise as Rescuers search through the rubble of collapsed houses.
Wednesday's (Sep. 13) deployment is the latest by Niger since the ECOWAS has agreed to activate a "standby force" to intervene in Niger and restore democratic rule by force, Niamey has strengthened its positions on the border.
At least 20 employees of the mining giant De Beers died on Sunday in South Africa in a road accident, aboard a bus providing connections with the Venetia diamond mine, one of the largest in the country.
For days, eleven volunteer doctors have been working in Ineghede, located in a mountainous area that is difficult to access, to help the inhabitants of this village devastated by the violent earthquake in Morocco.
Water providers in Johannesburg, South Africa, have issued a pressing call to action for the city's residents and suburban communities to join hands in conserving water resources amidst an increasingly dire shortage.
With a reshuffled team, the Springboks stunned the Romanian XV from the start of the match, with four tries in the first twelve minutes of play.
