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Aid slowly reaches Nigerian flood victims
Aid slowly reaches Nigerian flood victims
by  AFP

Along a highway engulfed by dark waters, Nigeria residents load dozens of boats full of food to bring assistance to the victims of the country's worst floods in a decade. In 2012, particularly deadly floods ravaged Nigeria, but residents said this year's disaster was becoming much worse.

'Jealous lover': Fury at Putin near Ukraine front
'Jealous lover': Fury at Putin near Ukraine front
by  AFP

The cracked kitchen clock still showed the moment the first Russian missile vaporised the courtyard of a Soviet-era high-rise facing Ukraine's southern front. The supporting wall of Tishevska's apartment tower had cracked and the facade of a smaller building on the opposite side of the courtyard had partially collapsed.

What to expect from Xi's next five years in power
What to expect from Xi's next five years in power
by  AFP

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emerged from a five-year congress with even more power over the ruling Communist Party. The Communist Party for the first time enshrined its opposition to Taiwanese independence in its constitution at its just-ended congress which handed Xi a third term in power.

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