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Kenya suspends flights from Somalia

Kenya announced Tuesday that flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu had been suspended, just days after Somalia said diplomatic ties with its neighbour had been...

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Anti-farming ‘campaign’ under way in Tigray: state official

A deliberate "campaign" to prevent farming is unfolding in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray, a top regional official said, warning that the result will be "starvation." Prime...

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Famine ‘tightens grip’ on southern Madagascar : UN

More than one million people in southern Madagascar are facing acute food insecurity as the region grapples with its worst drought in four decades,...

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30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria

Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria's Niger state, an emergency official told AFP Monday. The boat, carrying 100 local traders,...

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Panama Earthquake: 200+ Aftershocks Hit After 7.7-Magnitude Quake

Two days after one of the strongest tremors in the country’s recent history, rural Panama is sleeping in the streets. The government has declared a national emergency and unlocked $100 million — while seismologists insist the shaking is finally calming. Panama has recorded more than 200 aftershocks since...

Djibouti-Yemen Boat Capsizes: At Least 139 Migrants Dead, 84 Missing

The IOM says a vessel carrying 305 people, mostly Ethiopians, sank near Guhere north of Obock on the night of Oct. 8–9. Only 82 survived. It is among the deadliest maritime disasters yet on the Eastern Route to the Gulf — a crossing made more desperate by...

Gunmen Kill 20 Travellers Under Military Escort

Armed bandits overran a trader convoy bound for Nasarawa market in Bukkuyum district, killing four soldiers, three policemen, a civil defence officer and 12 civilians, and wounding 19 — the latest strike paralysing commerce across northwestern Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed on Saturday when gunmen ambushed...