Headlines- 1,332 people have killed as a result of the US-Israeli attacks in Iran.
- Early on Sunday morning, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
- In what appears to be a planned assassination, Israeli forces bombed the Ramada Hotel in central Beirut, killing at least four people and injuring ten more, Al Jazeera reports.
- The US and Israel are strikes Tehran's refineries and oil storage facilities for the first time.
- US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
- As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
- On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
- After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."
Tag: African News
Children’s Education in Kenya Disrupted by...
Tens of thousands of children in herder communities are being forced to drop out of school, according to Kenyan authorities, as a result of a record drought that has killed millions of livestock and left millions of people in need of food aid.
In the Face of Record Drought,...
Nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population, have been affected by the record-breaking drought, and the Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine. As thousands of people flee starvation in the countryside to displaced camps in the city, Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia’s South West state, is bearing the brunt.
Africa This Week
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for a significant increase in international aid for communities in Kenya and Somalia that have been severely affected by the drought
Zimbabwe Authorities Concerned About the Deaths...
More than 100 people have been killed this year alone as a result of illegal mining in Zimbabwe, according to the country’s authorities, more than twice more than double that of died in 2020. The government has started a safety campaign to target illegal miners
In Zimbabwe’s Capital,Feeling Water Pressure
A growing population is taxing the water supplày in Zimbabwe’s capital region . An ageing infrastructure that is vulnerable to contamination and political squabbling that blocks improvements further constrain this supply.It often falls on women to find clean water
For Protection of Endangered Gorillas,Rwanda Turned...
Only 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, and they are only live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Rwanda has turned to social media platform Instagram with an initiative they call GorillaGram to encourage tourists and locals to help the protection of the endangered gorillas.
Burkina Faso Reduces Official IDP Number
According to aid groups, the seven-year conflict with armed groups linked to Islamic State and al-Qaida has resulted in the displacement of nearly two million people in Burkina Faso. According to advocates, the government’s lower estimate of 1.5 million may result in less aid being given to those in need
Poisoining of Critically Endangered Vulture Species...
The number of critically endangered vulture species being poisoned is increasing in Botswana. After feeding a buffalo carcass at a national park in the west of the nation in August, 50 white-backed vultures were found dead
African Cheetahs’ New Home in India...
Last month, eight cheetahs were brought from Africa to India in an attempt to conserve a species that became extinct there seven decades ago. The project is extremely challenging, but conservationists claim that if it is successful, it might help rescue neglected ecosystems like grasslands in addition to protecting the fastest land animal in the world
This Week’s Important African News Stories
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