Africa

Steve Inskeep talks to Gerald Bourke of the United Nation's World Food Programme about the aftermath of last week's cyclone that hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in southern Africa.

Amnesty International reports that U.S. drone strikes in Somalia have killed civilians. U.S. Africa command denies that, and says the advocacy group has bought into Al-Shabab's propaganda.

The storm inundated parts of southern Africa with massive floods, stranding survivors on rooftops and in trees. Hundreds are reported dead and the toll is expected to rise.

Officials say many in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are mistrustful of health workers and resist their help — sometimes violently. Aid groups are proposing strategies to win people over.

Southern Africa was hit by a cyclone that tore across the region destroying communities, a vital port, roads and bridges. Hundreds died. Mozambique's president says the death toll may exceed 1,000.

A powerful cyclone tore across southern Africa late last week and the scale of destruction is only now becoming clear. Mozambique's president says as many as a thousand people may have died.

In New Zealand, thousands pay tribute to the 50 people killed in the attacks. There are new developments in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight. "Bomb cyclone" leaves behind torrential flooding.

The cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday and has destroyed roads, bridges and homes, leaving people stranded and displacing tens of thousands.

Relatives of the people who died in the crash say they were given soil from the site of the plane crash, since it's expected to take months to identify the remains of their loved ones.

A new study on maternal mortality finds that the rate is up to 50 times higher in many African countries than in high-income countries.

Ethiopia's Transport Minister said a preliminary review of the flight data from last week's plane crash reveals "clear similarities" in that accident and the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX last October.

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on Monday that he would not seek reelection to a fifth term. But Algerians are demanding that he resign immediately and not prolong his nearly 20-year rule.