By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Al Jazeera
A fire ravaged the Syrian refugee camp in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon, destroying the 59 tents; nearly 500 people are left without shelter. According to Anadolu Agency, citing witnesses, civil defence teams brought the fire under control.
Flash floods destroyed more than 100 homes in Turkana County, disrupting transport in several areas. In Tana River County, more than 200 head of livestock were swept away, while dozens of families across the country were left homeless, according to Citizen Digital.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Citizen Digital ·
At least 23 people were killed on Friday when a container truck struck a bus in Golaghat district in the Indian state of Assam, near Kaziranga National Park, according to police. Other tallies put the toll at 24, and several children are among the victims.
🇮🇳 India · Source: Al Jazeera ·
Three merchant ships were struck by drones on Saturday evening near the Sulina Canal in Romania, with no casualties, according to Defence Minister Stefan Radu Oprea. Prime Minister Luca Niculescu sees this as a consequence of Russia’s war in Ukraine, while Moscow denies targeting Ukraine’s neighbours.
🇷🇴 Romania · Source: Sowetan ·
Russian authorities have confirmed that Nizhnekamsk, an industrial city in central Russia, came under prolonged Ukrainian strikes overnight, injuring three people and causing a fire at a petrochemical complex. Shortly afterwards, strikes on Taganrog, a city in southern Russia, killed an engineer at an electrical substation, according to the regional governor, reports France 24.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: France 24 ·
More than 9,000 migrants have arrived in the Spanish Canary Islands since NovemberMadrid has declared a migration emergency in the Canary Islands, where more than 9,000 people have arrived since the start of November. On Saturday alone, 1,488 migrants were rescued at sea from 14 boats, a daily record since 2020, according to Al Jazeera.
Ebola: more than 11,000 cases and nearly 5,500 deaths in DR CongoThe Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused nearly 5,500 deaths from more than 11,000 cases, six months after it was declared, according to RFI. For Jean Kaseya, head of Africa CDC, the lack of a vaccine explains the scale the crisis has reached, while transmission is continuing.The week in Africa
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