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First COVID, now floods empty South Africa's eastern beach resorts 19 Apr 2022 - 08:03 pm

UMDLOTI, South Africa- After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline...

South Africa launches relief for Durban flooding; 443 dead 19 Apr 2022 - 06:56 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Declaring a national state of disaster, South Africa has allocated $67 million to help those hit by floods that have killed at...

South Africa test positivity, wastewater show Covid-19 cases rising 19 Apr 2022 - 01:40 pm

A nine-week high in the positivity rates of Covid-19 tests in South Africa and the increasing incidence of virus fragments in wastewater indicate...

South African military deployed to flood-ravaged province 18 Apr 2022 - 03:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's armed forces have been deployed to help with relief efforts in the KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people died...

Dozens still missing as South Africa floods death toll rises to 443 17 Apr 2022 - 07:42 pm

ETHEKWINI, South Africa: Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province on Sunday after heavy rains in...

Tunisia, others seek to limit damage after ship sinks carrying fuel 17 Apr 2022 - 04:38 pm

TUNIS: Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a merchant ship carrying up...

Rescuers hunt missing after South African floods kill more than 400 17 Apr 2022 - 04:33 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Floods have killed more than 400 and caused at least 10 billion rand ($684.58 million) in damage in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), a senior...

South Africa braces for more flooding as rains restart in east 16 Apr 2022 - 07:41 pm

KWANDENGEZI, South Africa- Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east...

S.Africa releases emergency funds for deadly floods on east coast 15 Apr 2022 - 02:27 pm

DURBAN: South African authorities were releasing emergency funds on Friday to help tens of thousands of people left without shelter, water and power...

Africa COVID cases on longest run of declines since pandemic's start: WHO 14 Apr 2022 - 09:40 pm

DAKAR: Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in weekly COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization said on...

South Africa declares floods a disaster as deaths pass 300 14 Apr 2022 - 04:11 pm

South Africa declared floods that killed more than 300 people in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province a disaster, enabling the government to free up...

S.African leader visits flood victims as death toll rises to 259 13 Apr 2022 - 03:49 pm

JOHANNESBURG: President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to help victims of devastating floods on South Africa's east coast on Wednesday, as the death toll rose...

World Bank to finance four projects worth $495 million in Senegal 12 Apr 2022 - 07:00 pm

DAKAR: The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed deals to finance four projects in Senegal worth a total of $495 million...

Elephant tramples Colombian researcher to death in Uganda 12 Apr 2022 - 05:36 pm

KAMPALA: An elephant trampled to death a Colombian researcher who was studying chimpanzees in Kibali National Park in western Uganda, authorities said. Sebastian...

South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province hit by floods, 20 dead 12 Apr 2022 - 04:56 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed the lives of at least 20 people, according to local officials....

Rains drive biggest S. African locust infestation in decades 08 Apr 2022 - 10:10 am

South Africa is experiencing its biggest infestation of brown locusts in decades with heavy rains allowing the crop-eating insects to multiply rapidly. Read...