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HRW warns of looming health crisis in Zambia’s Kabwe as South African-owned firm allegedly sells toxic lead waste from a disused mine.
A waste dam at Sino Metals’ copper plant collapsed near Kitwe on 18 February, spilling 1.5 million tonnes of toxic sludge into Kafue River tributaries.
A canoe carrying approximately 150 irregular migrants, mostly Gambian and Senegalese nationals, capsized during the night of August 27 off…
Over 50,000 people have fled their homes in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado after renewed terrorist attacks, the largest displacement since February.
Red locusts are known for their destructive feeding patterns and capacity to devastate crops and pastureland if not swiftly controlled.
Japan donates $1.3 million to WFP to support 32,000 food-insecure Zimbabweans during the peak of the 2025/26 lean season.
Two Ghanaian ministers and six other people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region on Wednesday.
Bad weather was blamed for the tragedy in which ‘many Ethiopians’ died as dozens remain unaccounted for after a number of the migrants were rescued.
Parts of the Sierra Leonean capital remains submerged under water following days of torrential rain which claimed three lives, apparently…
Recent study detects traces of ARV drugs in South Africa’s drinking water but government assures public that findings pose no health risk.