Rescuers toil on in rubble of Turkey and Syria; survivors harder to find
Antakya, Turkey/Jandaris, Syria Reuters Rescuers pulled some survivors from rubble on Saturday, five days after Turkey’s most devastating earthquake since 1939 that also killed thousands of people in Syria, but hopes were fading for many more to be found. In Kahramanmaras, close to the epicentre in south Turkey, there were fewer visible rescue operations amid […]
Haiti looting caused loss of some $US6 million in relief supplies, WFP says
Reuters Looting in Haiti this month led to the loss of at least $US6 million of relief assistance including 2,000 tonnes of food, a World Food Programme official said on Monday, as the Caribbean nation struggles with civil unrest and chronic gang violence. Protests flared across Haiti following Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s 11th September announcement […]
South Africans search for survivors in ruins of floods that killed nearly 400
Durban, South AfricaReuters South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water and power. The floods in Kwazulu-Natal Province have knocked out power lines, shut down water services and disrupted operations at one […]
Curfew imposed in Sudan’s North Darfur after militias loot UN food stores
Khartoum, SudanReuters Authorities in Sudan’s North Darfur state announced a night curfew on Wednesday after armed groups looted a UN World Food Programme warehouse and facilities used by a former peacekeeping mission. According to initial reports, the warehouse in El Fasher looted by unknown armed groups late on Tuesday contained up to 1,900 tonnes of […]
South African Government plans troop surge to quell unrest – reports
Durban, South AfricaReuters South Africa plans to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in two provinces where security forces are struggling to quell days of looting, arson and violence, its defence minister told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, according to local news channel eNCA. A military surge of that size would increase tenfold the number of […]
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil; churches appeal for it to stop
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. Protests that followed Zuma’s arrest last week have widened into looting and an outpouring […]
CULTURAL HERITAGE: “EVERYTHING IS STOLEN FROM US” – TUNISIANS FIGHT TO PRESERVE THEIR PAST
LAYLI FOROUDI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the north African nation…