March 31, 2023
Chilobwe, Malawi CNN — Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed at least 326 people after it ripped through southern Malawi, the country’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs told CNN Thursday. The resulting devastation has left survivors trapped and fighting for survival. Chilobwe, one of the hardest-hit areas, is a township near the city of Blantyre. Located
READ MOREThe Spanish coast guard has rescued three people who were stowed on top of the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed by the coastguard on Monday, the migrants are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Althini II. The Althini II
READ MORECNN — Several passengers on board a commercial flight operated by Precision Air which crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday have been rescued, according to officials. Boats with emergency response personnel were deployed to the crash site at Africa’s largest lake near Bukoba airport. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were
READ MORECNN — At least one person was killed after a multiple-story building collapsed in the northwestern Nigerian city of Kano Tuesday, which left “many” others feared trapped inside, according to the local fire service. Eight people had been rescued from the rubble so far, including a person who was declared dead at a local hospital,
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