Africa

Measles killing more in DR Congo than Ebola: WHO

Nov 28, 2019 05:47

Measles has killed more than 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January, more than double the toll in the country's Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization says.
East Africa storms kill 39 in Kenya, Tanzania

Nov 24, 2019 10:07

Heavy rains lashing East Africa have caused dozens of deaths, with 29 buried by landslides in Kenya, and 10 people drowned in a river in Tanzania, officials said Saturday.
Are we really in a sixth mass extinction?

Nov 20, 2019 07:05

The Earth is currently experiencing an extinction crisis largely due to the exploitation of the planet by people. But whether this constitutes a sixth mass extinction depends on whether today’s extinction rate is greater than the “normal” or “background” rate that occurs between mass extinctions.
Seeds of Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ are in Europe itself

Oct 29, 2019 18:23

If you ask African migrants in Europe who came across the Mediterranean Sea in a boat if they would make the journey again, most of them would say “yes.” Many of them had been in vans and trucks that took them across the dangerous Sahara Desert, and many of them had been on board vessels that struggled to get across the choppy waters. They might have seen their fellow migrants die of thirst or of drowning, but none of that halts their conviction that they’d cross the sands and the seas again.
Russia seeking to bolster Africa presence through military, economic cooperation

Oct 28, 2019 09:52

Russia — a major defense partner and arms supplier to African countries — has recently stepped up a drive to gain more influence in and restore its Soviet-era ties with the resource-rich continent.
What we eat determines our health and future

Oct 23, 2019 09:42

It is important for us to change our approaches in terms of the food we produce, process and consume. At the governmental level, countries must expand their agriculture policies beyond staple food production to include investments and research on crops such as fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
Arba'een pilgrims walking from Najaf to Karbala (2)

Oct 19, 2019 03:08

Millions of pilgrims come together from around the world on the occasion of Arba’een in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala annually making the largest religious gathering ever.
Kenyan mourners take part in mourning processions of Arba’een in Karbala

Oct 19, 2019 02:27

Hundreds of Kenyan and African mourners on Friday took part in Arba’een mourning ceremonies and processions for the Chief of Martyrs, Imam Hussein (PBUH), as well as his family and loyal companions, in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala.
Electric cars could be just another ecological disaster

Oct 17, 2019 05:27

It seems, scientists and politicians in the industrialized world, are pushing the world to the edge of the precipice through their haphazard inventions and weird policies that are damaging the natural environment irreparably.
Second round of presidential election kicks off in Tunisia

Oct 13, 2019 06:19

People in Tunisia are taking to the polls in the second round of the presidential election, in which two political novices are facing off.