Nigerian flood victims face long wait for medical help

Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters People in Nigeria’s flood-hit north-eastern Borno state are struggling to get medical care as overwhelmed aid agencies warn of an outbreak of waterborne disease following the worst floods to hit the region in three decades. More than 30 people have been killed by the floods, which authorities say affected about one million […]
Haiti quake death toll surges to nearly 2,000, survivors clamor for aid

Les Cayes, Haiti Reuters The preliminary death toll from the major earthquake that struck south-western Haiti last weekend surged to 1,941 on Tuesday as the search for survivors resumed after a tropical storm passed and quake-hit Haitians clamored for food, shelter and medical aid. Hospitals struggled to tend to all those injured, the official tally […]