Floods have killed 58 people in Tanzania over the last two weeks, spurring the East African country to seek an answer in major infrastructure projects. The government announced the death toll late on Sunday as heavy rains continued to lash the country. April marks the peak of Tanzania’s rainy season, and it has been exacerbated this year by the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused droughts and floods across the globe “From April 1 to April 14, 2024, there were 58 deaths caused by the heavy rains, which led to flooding,” government spokesman Mobhare Matinyi told a press briefing, stressing that…
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Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler dominated a back-nine shootout to capture his second Masters title, taking a four-stroke victory at Augusta National. https://twitter.com/TheMasters/status/1779729662110728351 Scheffler, who also took the green jacket in 2022, won a record $3.6m top prize after a drama-filled battle on Sunday with fellow Americans Collin Morikawa and Max Homa and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, who made an impressive major debut. “I can’t put into words what it means to win this tournament again,” Scheffler said. Also Read: Tiger Woods Siblings: A Look at the Golfer’s Siblings Scheffler birdied three of the last six holes to fire a four-under par 68 and…
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are living in fear as armed Israeli settlers attack them, their families and homes in vengeful acts of violence which could uproot hundreds of Palestinians from their lands, residents said. The latest round of settler violence began shortly after a 14-year-old Israeli boy was found dead in the illegal settlement outpost of Malachei HaShalom, an area Palestinians are prohibited from entering. The Israeli army said the boy was killed in a “terrorist attack” but has not provided evidence. Since then, the army has supported Israeli settlers as they attack Palestinian villages, injuring and expelling many. “We’re…
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Niger’s capital to demand the departure of United States troops, after the military government further shifted its strategy by ending a military accord with the US and welcoming Russian military instructors. Marching arm in arm through central Niamey on Saturday, the crowd waved Nigerien flags in a demonstration that recalled anti-French protests that spurred the withdrawal of France’s forces from Niger last year after the army seized power in a coup. One hand-written sign in English read “USA rush out of Niger”, in a show of support for the military government and its decision in…
The Palestinian Hamas group has expressed support for Iran after it launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israeli in retaliation for a deadly assault on its consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus. In a statement on Saturday, Hamas, which governs the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, said it affirmed “the natural right” of countries and peoples in the Middle East to defend themselves “in the face of Zionist aggressions”. “The military operation carried out by Iran against the Zionist entity is a natural right and a due response to the crime of targeting the consulate in Damascus,” it said. The Iranian salvo,…
South Africa’s electoral commission said it has appealed to the country’s highest court to rule on whether former President Jacob Zuma can stand as a candidate in general elections in May. The commission said in a statement on Friday that it had lodged an “urgent and direct” appeal to the Constitutional Court to provide “certainty” on the proper interpretation of the constitutional article relating to candidacies of people who have been convicted. “Such clarity is important in the present matter because of a live issue but also for future elections,” it said. The appeal is the latest twist in a…
Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country ravaged by gang violence. A decree published in the official gazette announced the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council on Friday, a month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid a wave of attacks by armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince. There was no immediate comment from Henry following the publication of the decree and questions remain about the nine-member council’s viability with no details on a timeframe to install the body and…
Apple has said it will fix a “bug” that suggests an emoji for the Palestinian flag when some iPhone users type “Jerusalem” in messages. The US technology giant on Thursday blamed a software issue for the suggestion that had appeared on the latest update of its iOS operating system for some users and said it was not intentional. This does not appear to have affected all users, with those in the United States reporting they did not get that suggestion after typing in the word. British television presenter Rachel Riley pointed out the emoji suggestion on social media, bringing up…
OJ Simpson, the former American footballer turned actor who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76. San Francisco-born Orenthal James Simpson rose to fame as a college footballer before playing in the NFL. In 1995, he was acquitted of the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown and a friend in a trial that gripped America. In 2008, he was sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment on charges of armed robbery. He was released in 2017. Simpson died of cancer on Wednesday “surrounded by his children and grandchildren”, a family statement read. In 1994, Simpson was arrested as…
The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban. The 1864 law – which precedes Arizona becoming a state – makes abortion punishable by two to five years in prison, except in cases where the pregnant person’s life is at risk. The ruling could shutter all clinics in the state, and affect both women’s health care and the upcoming election. Arizona voters may be able to undo the ruling in a November referendum. The decision follows months of legal wrangling about whether the pre-statehood law could be enforced after years of dormancy. Many…
Nigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says. The funds were traced to more than 50 bank accounts, it said. Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was initially suspended in January over the alleged diversion of $640,000 of public money into a personal bank account. President Bola Tinubu then ordered an investigation into her ministry. At the time Dr Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said…
Rwandans are marking 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by armed Hutu tore apart their country, as neighbours turned on each other in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century. President Paul Kagame led the commemoration on Sunday by placing wreaths on the mass graves in the capital, Kigali, flanked by foreign dignitaries, including the leaders of South Africa and Ethiopia as well as former US President Bill Clinton, who had called the genocide the biggest failure of his administration. The killing spree, which began on April 7, 1994, lasted 100 days before the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel militia took…
The United States has pledged to give Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC up to $6.6bn to expand production at facilities it is building in the state of Arizona. The funding announced on Monday will support TSMC building a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, in addition to two facilities already in the pipeline, US officials said. TSMC’s total investments in the US will rise to $65bn under the agreement, according to US officials. The deal is the latest effort by US President Joe Biden’s administration to encourage domestic production of advanced chips that will power cutting-edge industries such as artificial intelligence. The…
The Vatican has declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy to be grave violations of human dignity in a new document endorsed by Pope Francis. The 20-page Dignitas infinita, or Infinite Dignity, published on Monday by the Vatican’s powerful department of doctrine, is the culmination of five years of work. It was released as the Catholic Church is split over a range of social issues and covers the key themes of Francis’s 11-year papacy, from war to ecology and social justice. While the document reaffirms the church’s long-held opposition to abortion and euthanasia, the Vatican has now also repeated its rejection of…
At least six people died on Monday evening after a lorry and a private car collided in the Duka Moja area on the Kericho – Nakuru highway. Police said the accident happened after a Probox vehicle, which was ferrying an unknown number of passengers collided head-on with a lorry. The Probox was heading towards Kericho town while the lorry was heading in the opposite direction. An unknown number of passengers sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to various hospitals in Kericho town. Also Read: At least 94 dead in Mozambique after ferry boat capsizes Rift Valley regional traffic commandant,…