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At least 44 people have been killed in a crush at a crowded religious festival in the north-east of Israel. Dozens more were injured at the Lag B’Omer celebration, which takes place annually at the foot of Mount Meron. Prime ...

Brutal flooding on Monday, triggered by torrential rains killed 14 people and left 8,000 families without homes in Angola’s capital Luanda. The intensity of the downpour — which lasted for about seven hours, collapsed bridges, uprooted trees and submerged vehicles. ...

Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win ...

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. A statement from Buckingham ...

More than 1,800 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria after it was attacked by gunmen, officials say. The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the south-eastern town of Owerri by using explosives to blast the administrative block. ...

Liberia’s President George Weah has imposed a night-time curfew on the coastal county of Maryland after days of violent demonstrations involving tens of thousands of mostly female protesters. At least 90 inmates on Wednesday escaped from a prison during the ...

Heavy gunfire was heard in the area around the presidential palace in Niger’s capital, Niamey, in the early hours of Wednesday. The gunfire was heard at around 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT), and it lasted at least 15 minutes before ...

https://tvcdashboard.com/?_dnid=102505&t=1617051247 Sarah Obama, grandmother to former U.S President Barack Obama has died in Kenya. She was aged 99 years. News of her death was announced by her daughter Marsat Onyango on Monday. “It is true she has gone to be ...

On March 27, the “Western AfricaPeace Initiative Launching Ceremony” was held online with 132 participants from various fields from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Sweden and South Korea. Participants from international organizations, youth organizations, NGOs, and media had attended. The launching ...

The leading opposition presidential candidate in Congo-Brazzaville, who was seriously ill with Covid-19, has died hours after polls closed. Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas died on a plane taking him to France for treatment, his campaign director said. Hours earlier the 61-year-old ...