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Floods and landslides in Rwanda and the DRC around Lake Kivu. On 3 April, a landslide killed 30 people and left several missing in North Kivu Province. [9] Another landslide hit North Kivu Province on 8 May, killing six and leaving dozens of miners missing.
At least 47 people are dead and 85 others injured following heavy flooding and landslides in northern Tanzania, authorities said Monday. The government has deployed the military to help rescue ...
The 2020 East Africa floods were a natural disaster in Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and Tanzania, affecting at least 700,000 people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March, leading to massive flooding and landslides. They caused more than 430 deaths, notably in Kenya ...
Deaths. 461+. Non-fatal injuries. 328+. Missing. 75+. Displaced. 503,661. Starting 18 April 2024, floods hit Kenya, affecting people in 33 of the 47 counties, [1] while also causing devastation in northern Tanzania.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -The death toll from floods in Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 57, its president said on Monday, adding to hundreds of other deaths caused by ...
Ivory Coast. In June 2022, the Ivory Coast experienced its deadliest flooding in the country's history. At least 15 people died, including six by landslides and 114 were injured in Abidjan. About 1,900 houses were damaged and 11,900 people were affected.
Events. 13 January – At least 21 miners are killed and several others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region. [2] 10 March – Eight children and one adult on Zanzibar die from chelonitoxism after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy. Another 78 people are hospitalized.
30 June – Government lifts ban on night-time upcountry bus travel. The ban was imposed in the 1990s following a rise in road accidents and hijacking of buses. [6] 14 December – Tanzanian Foreign Minister January Makamba confirms that a 21-year-old Tanzanian student was "killed immediately after being captured by Hamas " on October 7.