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Rescue operations underway after Nigeria flooding kills at least 150 | World News

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. ABUJA: Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.The sharp jump from the previous death toll of 115 […]

Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrive in the Galapagos Islands after rescue

Government handout photo shows five shipwrecked fishermen wearing lifejackets, who were rescued by an Ecuadorian tuna fishing boat after being adrift for more than 50 days, at the San Cristobal Naval Base, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (AP photo) QUITO: Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos […]

South African police rescue 44 Ethiopians from suspected traffickers

Representative Image (AI-generated) JOHANNESBURG: South African police said Thursday they had rescued 44 Ethiopian nationals, 17 of them minors, who were being held against their will in an upscale neighbourhood of Johannesburg.The incident is the latest in a string of human-trafficking cases in Africa’s most industrialised nation, a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the […]