Conflict in eastern Congo forces thousands of schools to close
Kihisi, Democratic Republic Of Congo Reuters Thomas Tumusifu Buregeya wishes he were studying for his final school exams. Instead, he scrapes a living doing odd jobs in a displaced people’s camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a wave of rebel violence upended his life yet again. Thomas Tumusifu Buregeya, 22, repairs his mother’s […]
Turkey’s quake toll tops 48,000 as government races to build container cities
Ankara, Turkey Reuters The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer-term those left homeless by the disaster. The combined death toll including those killed in Syria has climbed to […]
Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open
Karachi/Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. The deluge, brought by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains, has impacted 33 […]
Iraqi Christian family ordered to leave IDP camp but have nowhere to go
World Watch Monitor The last Christian family remaining in an IDP camp north of Erbil have turned to the local government and aid organisations as they have been asked to leave the camp but have nowhere to go, Kurdish news website Rudaw reports. Sena Behnam and her husband said they have to stay in the camp, […]