ROME: At least 25 people are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off Libya after a dinghy, possibly carrying some 150 migrants, ran into trouble, two rescue organizations said Saturday.
“Rubber dinghy sunk north of Tripoli. At least 25 people died in the incident, exact numbers still unclear. Italian navy on the scene,” the German charity Sea Watch said on Twitter.
The Italian coast guard told AFP 85 people had been rescued from the sinking vessel, and eight bodies recovered so far.
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At least 25 dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya
At least 25 dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Famine spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s Darfur: UN-backed experts
- Famine is spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s North Darfur after the paramilitary takeover of state capital El-Fasher
PORT SUDAN: Famine is spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s North Darfur after the paramilitary takeover of state capital El-Fasher triggered mass displacement into surrounding communities, UN-backed experts said on Thursday.
In an alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts warned that “famine thresholds for acute malnutrition have now been surpassed” in the areas of Um Baru and Kernoi, near the border with Chad.
They added that the spread of famine came as the fall of El-Fasher led to “massive displacement of residents and displaced persons into surrounding areas of North Darfur.”
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