West African Floods: Deluge in Freetown

Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, had a tough enough time as it was, after years of poverty and civil war. Now parts of the city are beneath more than three feet of water following heavy rains""It is probably the heaviest downpour since the start of the rainy season" in May,...

Rockslide kills at least 31 in Egyptian shanty town

A rockslide fell from a cliff overlooking a township outside Cairo earlier today, killing at least 18 people. The slide is blamed by residents on work carried out on the cliffs above."At least eight boulders,...

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