East Africa

• Black youth gather at Calgary event to help empower immigrants

  Black youth gather at Calgary event to help empower immigrants and connect them to services they may otherwise not know about.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2023
  
• Victoria mayor says city council has no power to discipline travelling councillor Sharmarke Dubow

  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said she was only informed of Sharmarke Dubow's decision to travel for non-essential reasons on Tuesday, shortly before he posted on social media.

  Politics

  Jan 6, 2021
  
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• Crews use spray planes to combat massive locust swarms in East Africa

  It is challenging work, especially in remote areas where mobile phone signals are absent and ground crews cannot quickly communicate coordinates to flight teams.

  World

  Feb 2, 2020
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• Kenya floods kill 15, injure scores more

  At least 15 people were killed and scores injured in heavy rains and flooding, Kenya's Daily Nation said on Friday.

  Weather

  Mar 17, 2018
• At least 15 killed after gunmen attack hotel in Mogadishu

  Officials say Somali security forces have ended a siege by extremist gunmen which killed at least 15 people, including two members of parliament, at a hotel in the Somali capital after an all-night gunfight.

  World

  Jun 2, 2016
• UN: 120,000 people displaced by South Sudan violence

  The United Nations says more than 120,000 people have been displaced by continuing violence in South Sudan, and about half are now sheltering at U.N. compounds.

  World

  Dec 27, 2013