Many persons were feared killed Thursday night after Boko Haram sect launched a late evening attack on Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge local government area of Borno State, sources said. It was gathered that a village, where hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and humanitarian workers are camping, suddenly came under serious attack by armed Boko Haram gunmen. A security personnel who asked not to be named confirmed to Premium Times via telephone that the attack started at about 7pm. “We got the report that Rann was being attacked at about 7pm and that many persons may have been affected but no one can clearly say the number of dead casualty,” the source said. “We have to wait till morning before one could tell exactly what happened there,” he added.
The midfielder, City's captain on the night, pulled up with a problem just after the 20th minute of the match at Turf Moor, and was quickly comforted by Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva Kevin De Bruyne limped off midway through the first half of Manchester City's opening match of the Premier League season at Burnley , with City boss Pep Guardiola later confirming that he expects the Belgian to be out "for a while". The midfielder, City's captain on the night, pulled up with a problem just after the 20th minute of the match at Turf Moor, and was quickly comforted by Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva as he crouched with his hands on his knees. De Bruyne handed the captain's armband to Kyle Walker and was replaced by Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who came on for his City Premier League debut. The Belgian also left the field early in City's Champions League final win over Inter Milan in June after picking up a hamstring inju...
The devastating fires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories are just the latest in a summer of dramatic wildfires across the country that have left millions of acres scorched. According to estimates, 19,000 people were evacuated from Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories capital, over 48 hours, its environment minister Shane Thompson said late Friday. The city, home to some 20,000, was largely a ghost town following the largest ever evacuation from the region. Winds have been fanning the wildfires towards Yellowknife, but Saturday there was some relief after overnight rain brought a sharp dip in temperatures, government weather forecasts showed. ADVERTISEMENT More than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) south in British Columbia, fire also bore down on Kelowna, a city of 150,000 people in the Okanagan Valley. Blazes have already destroyed several properties in West Kelowna, separated by Okanagan Lake from its larger, eponymous neighbor. Among them is the Lake...
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