Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. It can be prevented by a vaccine which in most cases provides lifelong protection. The government has urged people to get vaccinated...
The emergency services in Ukraine say at least 21 people have been killed and dozens of others have been wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike on the north-eastern city of Sumy. The city lies around 30 miles (48km) from the Russian border. Posting on his Telegram channel, President Zelensky says Russia hit the centre...
More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team working for a humanitarian charity, have been killed in a series of attacks beginning on Friday in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the UN has said. The assaults – on the city of el Fasher and two nearby camps housing people forced...
At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Africa’s oldest national park, its director has said. Photos shared by the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo show the motionless animals floating along the Ishasha River. Park officials say they first started appearing last week. The...
Natasha Booty & Emery Makumeno BBC News, London & Kinshasa AFP This man clung to a car roof in the city’s N’djili neighbourhood Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – according to officials. Desperate residents are trying to flee the...
The Trump administration has vowed to continue its military strikes against the Houthi movement that controls much of Yemen, and says it will hold Iran responsible for any retaliation from its ally. Since Saturday, U.S. warplanes have launched dozens of large-scale attacks on multiple towns across Yemen, killing dozens of people. The strikes came after...
