Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) finished first in state elections in the country’s northeast, exit polls showed, handing Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative party its worst result since 1949. “It’s a disaster,”…
The death toll from last week’s ferry disaster off Cyprus rose to 13 today after rescuers recovered another body, while 15 passengers…
Zimbabwe has declared a State of Disaster after a fiery head-on collision on the Harare-Masvingo highway killed 27 people and left seven…
A district official has been charged with culpable homicide after the Lake Kariba ferry disaster claimed 97 lives in Zimbabwe’s deadliest recorded…
Somalia is confronting hunger on a scale the country has not experienced in years, with about six million people facing severe food…
Nearly two decades after more than 500 tons of toxic waste from the Probo Koala were dumped at 18 locations across Abidjan,…
The death toll in the Lake Kariba boat disaster has climbed to 80 after rescuers recovered eight additional bodies, the Zimbabwe Republic…
An official report found that the boat was severely overloaded when the accident occurred. Matusadonha rescue teams, assisted by other responders, have…
by STEPHEN ASTARIKOMonday May 11, 2026 IDPs from floodwaters from Bula Punda in Garissa are camping at the Police Training Centre./STEPHEN ASTARIKO…
South Africa has escalated its response to the extreme weather battering the country, declaring the ongoing severe storms a national disaster. The…
Four decades after Reactor 4 exploded at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear…
