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Death toll up to 7 after hippo capsized canoe in Malawi; 17 missing
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The death toll has risen to seven after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in the southern African nation of Malawi. Six bodies were recovered floating in the river on Wednesday, police said, following the incident on Monday. A...
Child dead, 23 people missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe on river in Malawi
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said Tuesday. The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their...
UNICEF: 12.7 million children in Africa missed vaccinations
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly 13 million children missed one or more vaccinations in Africa between 2019 and 2021 because of the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the continent vulnerable to even more outbreaks of disease and facing a “child survival crisis,” a new report from...
'Appalling': Southern Africa counts toll of Cyclone Freddy
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which ravaged Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique over the past two months, now stands at more than 600 people, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Aid agencies are scrambling to meet the soaring...
A week on, brutal Cyclone Freddy still taxes southern Africa
Over a week after Cyclone Freddy's second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar, the effects are still being felt as locals, officials and aid workers continue to uncover the full extent of the cyclone's destruction. In...
Death toll rises, locals pick up pieces after Cyclone Freddy
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Authorities are still getting to grips with the scale of Cyclone Freddy's destruction in Malawi and Mozambique since late Saturday, with over 370 people confirmed dead, several hundreds still missing and tens of thousands displaced. On Friday, Malawi...
AP Week in Pictures: Global
MARCH 11-17, 2023 From the disaster caused by tropical Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, to protests against French President Macron's pension reforms in Paris, to the 95th Academy Awards, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or...
After Cyclone Freddy, flood risk lingers for southern Africa
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — After four days of destructive wind and rain, local communities and relief workers are now confronting the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy which has killed more than 250 people and displaced tens of thousands of others across Malawi and Mozambique and may still cause further...
Cyclone Freddy wanes after battering Malawi, Mozambique
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in Mozambique and Malawi since late last week, although flooding remains a threat in both countries, a regional monitoring center said late Wednesday. The cyclone has...
Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi, Mozambique
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise. Heavy rains that triggered floods...
