Dr Zouhair Lahna has worked in conflict zones across the globe – Syria, Libya, Yemen, Uganda and Ethiopia – but he has never seen anything like the Israeli war on Gaza. In those life-threatening situations, the Moroccan French pelvic surgeon and obstetrician said, there was a route to safety for civilians. But on Tuesday, Israeli forces seized […]
A bus carrying, farmworkers in central Florida, overturned on Tuesday, after colliding with a pickup truck on a rural road, killing eight people and injuring about 40 others, authorities said. The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6.40 a.m. when it collided with a truck in Marion County. Marion is 80 miles north of […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said, on Tuesday, that 39 people have died from measles since January in South Sudan, with a case fatality rate of 1.7 per cent. The UN health agency in an epidemiological report released in Juba, South Sudan, stated that 2,271 suspected measles cases. There are also, 146 lab-confirmed cases. “The […]
The death toll from a building collapse in South Africa’s coastal city of George has increased to 27, with 25 construction workers still missing, authorities reported on Monday. The multi-story building under construction collapsed at 2:09 p.m. last Monday in the coastal city of George. George City is located about 400 kilometres east of Cape […]
By Peter Ejiofor, London Nigerians in South Africa have commended the South African Government for taking decisive action to combat hate crimes and hate speech and promote harmonious coexistence by enacting a law. Nigerians, under the aegis of Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), commended the government following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing into law on May […]
Tunisian security seized 300kg of cannabis resin and 25,000 psychotropic tablets in the eastern province of Sousse, private radio station Mosaique FM reported on Sunday. Security seized “a large sum of money, 8 billion dinars (around $2.5 billion). They also seized cars and jewellery during this operation,” Mosaique FM quoted Fakher Bouzghaia, spokesperson for the Interior […]
Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics, Saleh Al-Jasser, says pilgrims will have the unique experience of benefiting from the service of flying taxis and drones during this year’s Hajj season. Al-Jasser announced the innovative logistic service during a press briefing in Madinah on Thursday Morning. This is coming after he received first batch of foreign […]
Coffee exports have brought Ethiopia $835 million in revenue over the past nine months, an industry institution said Tuesday. The East African country exported 174,596 tons of coffee to the international market during the first nine months of the current Ethiopian 2023/24 fiscal year. The fiscal year started on July 8, the Ethiopian Coffee and […]
Israeli tanks seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing, on Tuesday, as Israel brushed off urgent warnings from close allies and moved into the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remained on a knife’s edge. The foray came after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war. This is as Hamas group, on […]
The polls opened, on Monday, for the presidential election in the Chad Republic, according to the country’s National Elections Management Agency (ANGE) The voting period is from 6.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. local time. More than eight million people registered to cast their ballots in the polls. Ten candidates, including transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby […]