A helicopter belonging to the UN peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) capsized Thursday owing to winds and injured 11 on board. “One of our helicopters was blown over today after landing in Gao, northern Mali”, the Mission said on Twitter. “This was not a crash. Crew and passengers are all accounted for with 2 seriously […]
Libya’s Emergency and Ambulance Service in Al-Kufra has rescued approximately 50 Sudanese refugees, including women and children, who were stranded in the remote Siouf Boufatma desert region, some 450 kilometres south of the city. The group was discovered on Thursday, July 31, morning by the Anti-Illegal Migration Agency, highlighting the perilous conditions faced by thousands […]
Shell will pay 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills that severely polluted three villages in the Niger Delta, the oil giant has said in a statement. A court in The Netherlands ruled in 2021 that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was liable for damages resulting from the spills and ordered the oil […]
