2024-05-01 10:55:46
Tanzania announced yesterday that at least 155 people died from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains caused by the meteorological phenomenon. The boywhich caused dozens of deaths in other countries of East africa.
According to the Tanzanian Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, more than 200 thousand people were affected by the intense rainfall, which also caused 236 injuries. The rain, he explained, damaged houses, crops, roads, bridges, schools and railways.
The boy It is usually associated with an increase in temperatures around the world, as well as droughts in some areas and heavy rains in others.
In Kenya, some 45 people have died since the rains began in March, including 13 who lost their lives in the capital, Nairobithis week.
In Burundi, one of the most impoverished countries in the world, some 96 thousand people were displaced in recent months.
The storm also intensified in Somalia, where at least four people died and more than 800 were affected by floods since April 19.
In Uganda, the rain caused river overflows and two confirmed deaths, in addition to hundreds of displaced people.
Late last year, more than 300 people died from torrential rains and floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, just as the region was trying to recover from its worst drought in 40 years..
Presidential Council Haiti Transition assumes state power
Tasked with restoring order in a country shaken by gang violence, the nine members of the Haitian Transitional Presidential Council They assumed the Head of State yesterday during a ceremony held after the resignation of the controversial Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
“Madam and gentlemen, members of the Transition Council“This morning’s ceremony officially confers on you the reins of the destiny of the nation and its people,” declared Michel Patrick Boisvert, appointed interim prime minister pending the formation of a new government.
The appointment of another president will be precisely one of the first tasks of the Council, made up of eight men and one woman who represent the main political parties, civil society and to the private sector.
Henry, who resigned on March 11, made his departure official in a letter, once the new authorities were installed.
“I thank the Haitian people for the opportunity to serve our country with integrity, wisdom and honor. Haiti will be reborn,” he wrote in the letter. /AFP
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