Niger floods: army deployed in Niamey

The Army has been deployed in the capital Niamey to help evacuate people that have lost their houses to flooding.

South Africa’s economy has shrunk by a staggering 51% in the second quarter of 2020. From March, the continent’s most industrialized economy implemented one of the strictest lockdowns in the world as it battled Covid19, but it has taken a heavy toll.

Students at Copperbelt University in Zambia are mourning the death of Mafishi, a fish that lived in a pond at the country's second-biggest university.

(Photo: Residents place their belongings in a canoe after they left their flooded houses in Niamey, Niger. Credit: Getty Images)