Storm Freddy kills more than 100 on return to Mozambique, Malawi
Blantyre, Malawi/Maputo, MozambiqueReuters Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend. Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded […]
Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300: health official
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet. As of Wednesday, Malawi had recorded 40,284 cholera cases and 1,316 deaths in an outbreak that started in March, 2022, with […]
“A real head-scratcher”: Missionary pilot Ryan Koher remains in custody in Mozambique, six weeks after arrest
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the arrest of pilot Ryan Koher…
Wow!: Climate-resistant coffee trees could save Mozambique rainforest
SISIPHO SKWEYIYA and EMIDIO JOZINE, of Reuters, report on how coffee plants are providing incentives to protect the rainforest…
Essay: Burkina Faso coup raises questions about growing Russian involvement in west Africa
In an article first published on The Conversation, scholars EMMA HEYWOOD, EMMANUEL KLIMIS, LASSANÉ YAMÉOGO, and MARIE FIERENS examine Russian influence in West Africa and the role media – particularly social media – is playing in that…
Vatican disciplined Nobel-winning bishop over alleged abuse of minors
Vatican City Reuters The Vatican on Thursday acknowledged that it had secretly disciplined East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo two years ago, responding to allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor decades before. The Vatican acknowledgement came in response to reporters’ questions following an article this week in […]
At least six Mozambicans beheaded, Italian nun shot dead by insurgents
Maputo, Mozambique Reuters At least six people were beheaded and an Italian nun killed on Tuesday by Islamic State-linked insurgents in Mozambique’s Nampula province, authorities said on Wednesday. Speaking in the resort town of Xai Xai north of the capital Maputo, President Filipe Nyusi said the insurgents unleashed a killing spree as they fled from […]
Essay: Hunger – the global crisis we are all connected to
GREG HEWSON, of Tearfund Australia, looks at the links between food crises around the world and climate change…
UN adds Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mozambique to children killing inquiry
United NationsReuters UN officials will investigate the killing and wounding of children in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Mozambique, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday in a report that found 2,515 children were killed and 5,555 maimed in global conflicts in 2021. The annual Children and Armed Conflict report also verified the recruitment and use of 6,310 […]
Climate migration: From Dhaka to Freetown, cities on alert
KIM HARRISBERG and CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on calls from city mayors in climate vulnerable nations for cash and a bigger say in forging policies to deal with displacement caused by drought, storms and flooding…