Much of Kenya falls into darkness in the third nationwide power blackout in 3 months
A power blackout has hit Kenya, paralyzing large parts of the country, and the transport minister is calling for an investigation into โpossible acts of sabotage and coverupโ over the third nationwide outage in three months.
Flooding affects more than 1 million across East Africa
Flooding is seen from the air in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area in South Sudan, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic. (Tetiana Gaviuk/Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)JOHANNESBURG โ Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic. The Nile River has hit its highest levels in a half-century under heavy seasonal rainfall, and large parts of Sudan, Ethiopia and South Sudan have been swamped amid worries about climate change. Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, last month opened a clinic in the South Sudan town of Pibor.