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A Ugandan military plane has crashed at the main airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Eight people were…
Incident adds to a grim pattern of violent crime in South Africa where at least 70 people are murdered daily on average.
SADC ministers endorse regional programme to tackle forced displacement, fragility and climate risks.
Six informal gold miners confirmed dead and more are feared trapped following a mine collapse in Zambia.
Norwegian Refugee Council warns that Mozambique is at a humanitarian tipping point as conflict and extreme weather threaten survival of millions of people.
Six South Africans have died as flooding, strong winds and snowfall continue to wreak havoc across parts of the country.
The South African Weather Service issues a warning for heavy rain and flooding in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.
The report into the plane crash that claimed the life of Malawi’s former vice-president Saulos Chilima attributes the accident adverse weather conditions.
The Nigerian authorities’ shocking failure to protect lives and property from daily attacks by armed groups and bandits has cost thousands of lives and created a potential humanitarian crisis across many northern states, said Amnesty International.
Rescue operations in progress for 289 mine workers trapped underground at a gold mine near Johannesburg.