Pakistan
Deaths from flash floods in Pakistan caused by monsoon rains since mid-June have now reached almost 1,000 - more than 300 of them children. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has pleaded for international help as rescuers struggle to get thousands of marooned people out of flood-hit areas. The annual monsoon rains started earlier than usual this year and were particularly heavy. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes, buildings have been swept away and officials expect the flooding to get worse in some areas. The country has declared a state of emergency.
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Libya
Fierce fighting erupted in Libya’s capital Tripoli today between two militias who back rival governments, causing panic among civilians and prompting fears the country could return to all-out civil war. The health ministry said at least 13 civilians were killed and over 95 wounded. Sixty-four families were also evacuated from their homes as fighting raged around them. Libya has competing leaders with one prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, based in Libya and another, Fathy Bashagham, in the eastern city of Sirte. The country has been in a state of chaos since longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in 2011 but this is the worst fighting in the last two years.
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Angola
Potentially worrying news from Angola. Proximities signposted a few days ago that, should the ruling MPLA win this week’s election and the opposition UNITA party reject that result, there would be fears of violence. That’s exactly what has happened. The electoral commission said the MPLA secured 51 percent of the vote and UNITA 44.5 percent. “There is not the slightest doubt that the MPLA did not win the elections,” UNITA leader Costa Junior said. The MPLA and UNITA fought a 10-year civil war from 1992 - 2002 after the results of a previous election were also disputed.
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