The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as investigators yesterday unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said.

The UN rights chief today called on the international community to exert all possible pressure on the fighting sides in Sudan to resolve the conflict and end "the wanton violence"..The fighting has plunged "this much-suffering country into catastrophe", United Nations High Commissioner for

Fighting in Sudan’s capital escalated yesterday with fierce clashes and air strikes, witnesses said, as delegations of rival military factions continued talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at securing a ceasefire and humanitarian relief.

Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing when their overloaded boat capsized in a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said yesterday.

Heavy fighting in Sudan has displaced 700,000 people within the country since the middle of April, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding the figure had doubled in a week.

Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger's western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN)

The UN’s top humanitarian official arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday for ceasefire talks between Sudan’s warring generals, as gun battles and air strikes flared in the Sudanese capital at the start of a fourth week of fighting.

At least 135 of the about 700 Bangladeshis, who were evacuated to Port Sudan from conflict-stricken Khartoum on May 3, were flown to Jeddah by three special aircrafts of Royal Saudi Air Force today

Alberta on Saturday declared a provincial state of emergency after tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as "unprecedented" wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) said at a press conference

Thousands of people have been forced to flee wildfires in western Canada that were triggered by abnormally high temperatures, sometimes exceeding seasonal averages by 10°C (50°F) in early May, according to government reports

More than 170 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern DR Congo's South Kivu province, officials said Friday, after torrential downpours killed dozens in neighbouring Rwanda

The UN yesterday warned that large numbers of children were dying in the Sudan conflict, pointing to reports indicating that seven children were being killed or injured every hour.

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday called on governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them back to the conflict-torn country

Humanitarian workers have recovered at least 72 bodies from a village in east Democratic Republic of Congo hit by flooding on Thursday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.

Rwandans yesterday grieved for lost loved ones and destroyed homes after powerful floods and landslides tore through the country killing at least 130 people and leaving many thousands homeless.

Gunfire and explosions gripped Khartoum for a 20th straight day yesterday leaving the latest ceasefire effort in tatters, as UN chief Antonio Guterres acknowledged the international community had “failed” Sudan and US President Joe Biden threatened sanctions.

Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda, authorities said on Wednesday, as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes

Persistent fighting between Sudan’s rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce yesterday, as a senior UN official arrived for talks on providing relief to millions of trapped civilians.

Heavy rain that triggered flooding and landslides in western and northern Rwanda has killed at least 109 people, the state-run broadcaster said yesterday, as authorities searched for survivors trapped in their homes. Muddy water flowed swiftly down an

Bangladesh has called for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Sudan and the start of the peace process