Parts of Johannesburg, Free State and Mpumalanga Provinces were blanketed with thick sand and dust caused by strong winds that picked up dry ground cover due to the prolonged ... Read more »
An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred approximately 880 kilometers off Liberia's shore, the ministry of information, culture and tourism confirmed. Read more »
Fifteen people have died while 18 others have been infected in Murnei, West Darfur. New cases have been recorded south of Khartoum, in eastern Sudan and in the Northern State. Read more »
Anti-poaching campaigner and South Africa national, Wayne Lotter, who lived and worked in Tanzania for many years died on the spot when three gun-toting men ambushed his car and ... Read more »
The City of Cape Town intends commissioning three water desalination plants at Granger Bay, Dido Bay and Hout Bay to provide extra drinking water for its residents and visitors - ... Read more »
Gauteng receives most of its share of water from provinces that are still recovering from the gripping drought, and consumers are being urged to continue using the resource ... Read more »
President Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears as he described the devastation. Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the hundreds of homes that were engulfed by mud ... Read more »
At least 400 people have died and hundreds more are still missing after torrential rains on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown caused a mountainside to collapse on to ... Read more »
An investigation by Knysna Chief Fire Services officer Colin Manuel has suggested that a small fire using pine cones as kindling burned out of control and caused one of the ... Read more »
Nigeria has seen heavy rains and thunderstorms since the begining of the year which resulted to flooding, killing dozens of people and washing houses away. Poor urban ... Read more »
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