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Jan
26
2024
By TIEMOKO DIALLO
Death toll from Mali gold mine accident rises to over 70

Death toll from Mali gold mine accident rises to over 70

NEWS
THE death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, the head of Mali's Mines Chamber said on state radio. The deaths were caused after a shaft collapsed on Friday inside an artisanal gold mining site in the Kangaba Cercle in Mali's southwestern Koulikoro Region. The mines ministry reported over 40 killed on Wednesday but said that figure was provisional. The President of Mali's Mines Chamber, Abdoulaye Pona, who headed a government delegation dispatched to the area on Thursday, told state radio the death toll had risen to over 70, including…
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Dec
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Toll from blast and fire at Guinea oil depot rises to 23 dead – statement

Toll from blast and fire at Guinea oil depot rises to 23 dead – statement

NEWS
THE death toll from a blast and fire at an oil terminal in Guinea's capital, Conakry, has increased to 23 from 13 earlier, and the number of injured has risen to 241 from 178, the government said in a statement. The statement said that 10 remains were still to be identified, adding that the government had received reports of several people still missing. The blast at the West African nation's main oil terminal that handles its fuel imports sparked fears of shortages. The government said in the statement that gasoline distribution was ongoing across the country.
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Dec
07
2023
By HUMEYRA PAMUK, JONATHAN SAUL and MAGGIE FICK
Despite Gaza death toll soaring, U.S. unlikely to rethink weapons supplies to Israel

Despite Gaza death toll soaring, U.S. unlikely to rethink weapons supplies to Israel

WORLD
FACING a soaring death toll from Israel's renewed offensive in southern Gaza, the Biden administration is trying to pressure its ally to minimize civilian deaths while stopping well short of the kind of measures that might force it to listen, such as threatening to restrict military aid. Top U.S. officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged Israel publicly to conduct a more surgical offensive in the south to avoid the heavy civilian casualties inflicted by its attacks in the north. About 900 people in Gaza were killed in Israeli airstrikes between Friday when a truce…
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Dec
06
2023
By NUZULACK DAUSEN
Tanzania flood deaths rise to 63, prime minister says

Tanzania flood deaths rise to 63, prime minister says

NEWS
THE death toll from floods in northern Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 63, the prime minister said, adding to hundreds of other deaths caused by extreme weather in East Africa since seasonal rains began in October. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said in comments broadcast on television that the number of injured stood at 116 people. Landslides had destroyed half of one village he visited, he said. "We are here in front of bodies of our fellows. We have lost 63 loved ones. Of the total fellows we lost, 23 are men and 40 are women," he…
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Dec
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Kenya’s El Nino floods jumps to 120

Death toll from Kenya’s El Nino floods jumps to 120

NEWS
SEVERE flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed 120 people in Kenya, while people in almost 90,000 households have been forced to leave their homes, the government said. The latest estimated death toll in Kenya has doubled as heavy seasonal rains following the worst drought in four decades have submerged towns and villages across East Africa, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Thousands of homes have been washed away or are marooned, while farmland has been submerged and tens of thousands of livestock drowned, aid agencies said. In neighbouring Somalia floods have killed at least 96 people and…
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Nov
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100

Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100

NEWS
THE number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said. "Somalia's flood death toll climbs to 96," SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the country's disaster management agency. Like the rest of East and Horn of Africa, Somalia has been battered by relentless heavy rains that began in October, caused by the El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole weather phenomena. Both are climate patterns that impact ocean surface temperatures and cause above-average rainfall. The…
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Nov
11
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Gaza officials say Israeli strikes kill 27 amid US unease at death toll

Gaza officials say Israeli strikes kill 27 amid US unease at death toll

WORLD
ISRAELI air strikes hit three Gaza hospitals and a school killing at least 27 people, and a ground battle was underway at another hospital, Palestinian officials said, as the U.S. voiced fresh disquiet at the war's mounting death toll. In his strongest comments to date on civilian suffering, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced the number of Palestinians killed - put by Gaza authorities at more than 11,000. Blinken welcomed the four-hour humanitarian Israeli pauses that the White House announced on Thursday but told reporters more action was needed to protect Gaza's civilians. "Far too many Palestinians have been killed; far too…
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Oct
27
2023
By DANIEL TROTTA and JULIA HARTE
Police hunt for man linked to major mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine

Police hunt for man linked to major mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine

WORLD
HUNDREDS of police searched the city of Lewiston and surrounding areas of Maine state for a man sought in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley, as news outlets reported a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded. Officials said there were multiple casualties but declined to provide figures. State and local police identified Robert R. Card, 40, as a person of interest in the case after previously posting on Facebook photographs of a man wielding what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle. The pictures from one of Wednesday's crime scenes showed…
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Oct
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Congo boat accident rises to 52

Death toll from Congo boat accident rises to 52

NEWS
THE bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said, warning that the death toll could rise further with many still missing. The boat was carrying over 300 people when it overturned near the town of Mbandaka in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo during the night on Friday. Over the weekend 30 were confirmed to have drowned with 167 missing. Didier Mbula, provincial health minister for Equateur Province, told Reuters the number of dead had since risen. "We have recorded 52 bodies that were pulled out. The…
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Jun
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Kenyan doomsday cult crosses 300

Death toll from Kenyan doomsday cult crosses 300

NEWS
THE death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church, led by Paul Mackenzie, who is accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could go to heaven before the end of the world. A total of 303 people have now died after 19 bodies were exhumed from mass graves in the Shakahola forest in the country's southeast. More than 600 people are…
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