By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
A shooting in a Washington neighbourhood near the White House left at least five people with gunshot wounds, including one death, according to police. The suspect had barricaded himself in a nearby building before killing himself, reports France 24 Afrique.
A shooting in Washington’s Logan Circle neighbourhood left at least one person dead and several injured, while the shooter remained barricaded inside a building. Metropolitan police urged people to avoid the area, according to Reuters, citing local authorities.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Sowetan ·
Several people were hit by gunfire on Thursday at a gym in Washington, just over a kilometre from the White House, according to local official Brooke Pinto. Police in the US capital, deployed on the scene, were looking for a suspect and urged residents to avoid the area, AFP reports.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: L’essentiel ·
Six recently graduated students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, were found dead in an apartment near the campus, in Enugu State. The victims, five women and one man, are reported to have completed their exams the previous day, Daily Post Nigeria reports.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Daily Post ·
A cholera outbreak has killed at least five people in Gwagwa district, Abuja, while several other residents have been hospitalised. The outbreak spread within three days and is affecting children in particular, according to testimonies from residents and healthcare workers gathered by Aminiya.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Aminiya ·
Ebola response in DR Congo hampered by attacks on 11 health centresEleven health facilities have been burned or targeted and four armed attacks have hit the Ebola response in DR Congo, according to Africa CDC. The outbreak has caused 5,433 deaths from 11,114 cases, while more than 1,000 contacts have been lost to follow-up, according to Congolese authorities.The week in Africa
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