KENYA-NAIROBI-FLOODING

KENYA-NAIROBI-FLOODING

(240507) -- NAIROBI, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An engineer works on a power line pole in Nairobi, Kenya, May 6, 2024. UN humanitarians said on Monday nearly 750,000 people were affected by flooding in eastern Africa, with 234,000 displaced and more than 236 killed - more than 229 in Kenya alone. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also said local authorities in Kenya reported more than 285,000 people were affected nationwide. (Photo by John Okoyo/Xinhua)

155 dead, 236 injured as torrential rains hit Tanzania

STORY: 155 dead, 236 injured as torrential rains hit Tanzania SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:16 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various residents crossing flooded areas 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): FINELA SHAYO, Assistant Inspector Fire and Rescue, Dar es Salaam 3. Various residents crossing flooded areas STORYLINE: Flash floods caused by ongoing torrential rains have left 155 dead and 236 others injured in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament on Thursday. Flash floods have been reported in 14 out of the 26 regions in mainland Tanzania, affecting 200,000 people and damaging 10,000 houses, Majaliwa told the House in the capital, Dodoma. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): FINELA SHAYO, Assistant Inspector Fire and Rescue, Dar es Salaam "We recently rescued four men, who were stuck in the water and their cars. We just managed to rescue them but not the cars. Rain will continue for more days so we advise people to take precautions, and necessary me

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

(240425) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk through a flooded road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flash floods caused by ongoing torrential rains have left 155 dead and 236 others injured in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament on Thursday. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

(240425) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People look at buses in floodwater in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flash floods caused by ongoing torrential rains have left 155 dead and 236 others injured in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament on Thursday. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TORRENTIAL RAIN

(240425) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk through a flooded road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flash floods caused by ongoing torrential rains have left 155 dead and 236 others injured in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament on Thursday. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman)

Around 600 Afghan refugees return home recently from Pakistan

STORY: Around 600 Afghan refugees return home recently from Pakistan DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: NANGARHAR, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan refugees at a border crossing point of Torkham between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Nangarhar province STORYLINE: Nearly 600 Afghan refugees have returned from neighboring Pakistan over the past two days, Afghanistan's Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs said Wednesday. A total of 579 Afghan refugees have returned over the past two days after years of stay in Pakistan, the ministry said in a statement, reporting the arrival of a group of 343 people on Monday and another batch of 236 on Tuesday. More than 2.5 million registered Afghan refugees reportedly have been living in Pakistan and about the same number in Iran. The return of Afghan refugees to their homeland, according to the statement, has been continuing. Last week, the Afghan state-run Bakhtar news agency reported the return of more than 54,000 Afg

People moving to Okinawa from elsewhere in Japan seen critically

People moving to Okinawa from elsewhere in Japan seen critically

YOMITAN, Japan - Antiwar landowner Shoichi Chibana (C) shows tourists around his 236 square meter land in the Sobe Communication Site in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture. His land, part of the U.S. military facility, was returned to him in June 2006.

(2)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

(2)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

OSAKA, Japan - A female plaintiff from Taiwan holds up a picture depicting abuses by the wartime Japanese imperial forces during a news conference in Osaka on May 13 after the Osaka District Court rejected a damages suit filed by 236 people, including 124 from Taiwan, over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese war dead, including Class-A war criminals, are enshrined.

(1)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

(1)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs, including a Taiwanese woman in traditional costume, enter the Osaka District Court in Osaka's Kita Ward on May 13 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit seeking damages over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine. The court rejected the lawsuit filed by 236 people, including 124 from Taiwan.

Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Some bereaved relatives of indigenous Taiwanese speak at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 17. The relatives are part of a group, comprising 236 people, that filed a damages suit in Osaka the same day against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese government and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo over Koizumi's visits to the war-related shrine.

Tokyo police hold biannual memorial service for police dogs

Tokyo police hold biannual memorial service for police dogs

Tomoaki Uehara, chief of the identification section of the Metropolitan Police Department, offers prayers before the cenotaph dedicated to 236 police dogs that have died. The dogs contributed to crime investigations and to rescuing people hit by natural disasters and were commemorated during biannual memorial services in Tokyo on March 20, 2016. "These dogs worked as members of the MPD. I said 'thank you' in my heart and prayed for their souls to rest," Uehara said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(2)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

(2)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

OSAKA, Japan - A female plaintiff from Taiwan holds up a picture depicting abuses by the wartime Japanese imperial forces during a news conference in Osaka on May 13 after the Osaka District Court rejected a damages suit filed by 236 people, including 124 from Taiwan, over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese war dead, including Class-A war criminals, are enshrined. (Kyodo)

(1)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

(1)Court rules Koizumi's Yasukuni visits were private

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs, including a Taiwanese woman in traditional costume, enter the Osaka District Court in Osaka's Kita Ward on May 13 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit seeking damages over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine. The court rejected the lawsuit filed by 236 people, including 124 from Taiwan. (Kyodo)

Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Some bereaved relatives of indigenous Taiwanese speak at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 17. The relatives are part of a group, comprising 236 people, that filed a damages suit in Osaka the same day against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese government and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo over Koizumi's visits to the war-related shrine. (Kyodo)