The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has become the largest ever recorded, with more than 1,400 confirmed cases and more than 400 deaths across affected areas. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, said this on Friday during an online media conference on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Mr…
The Ministry of Internal Affairs officially announces a temporary waiver of the $25 Airport Security Fee at Freetown International Airport, effective Monday, July 6, 2026, and remaining in force until further directives are issued. This administrative pause is a preparatory step for an exhaustive reassessment of the current contractual arrangements. It provides the necessary timeframe for the Audit Service…
A rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days after the double-earthquake disaster in Venezuela. The miraculous story of the three-year-old’s rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as tens of thousands of people remained without adequate shelter after the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes struck less than a…
Heavy rainfall has led to sometimes deadly flooding in several West African coastal countries, including the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Benin, local authorities reported on Wednesday. In the Ivory Coast, 59 people have been killed since the start of the rainy season in May, according to the government’s spokesman. In neighbouring Ghana, 12 people died in floods at the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) cautioned on Tuesday that Venezuela’s medical infrastructure is under intense duress following last week’s devastating double quakes, which inflicted damage on multiple hospitals and left a number of health workers unaccounted for. The UN health agency reported that the successive 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude tremors have claimed over 1,700 lives and injured roughly 5,000 more,…
A civilian plane transporting skydivers went down near Tomblaine in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people aboard, according to local officials. The crash ranks among the deadliest light-aircraft incidents in recent French history. Yves Seguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, confirmed that the victims comprised five instructors, five students, and the pilot. He added that no one…
