Sudan forces fire teargas at protesters
KHARTOUM, Nov 18: Sudanese security forces fired teargas Thursday at anti-coup protesters who had stayed on the streets of northern Khartoum a day after 15 people were killed, witnesses said. Dozens of demonstrators manned makeshift barricades built the previous day in the capital's northern districts in protest against last month's widely condemned military takeover. — AFP
Canada sends military to disaster-hit areas
ABBOTSFORD, Nov 18: Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by "catastrophic" flooding after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency, the government said Wednesday. Downpours in British Columbia this week trapped motorists in mudslides that left at least one dead and three missing, forced thousands to flee their homes, and cut off Vancouver and its port. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Washington ahead of meeting with his US and Mexican counterparts, said the heavy rains caused "historical and terrible flooding that has disrupted the lives and taken lives of people across BC." — AFP
Nigeria tanker crash claims 5 lives
ABUJA, Nov 18: Five road passengers were burned to death after a petrol tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision with a moving truck in southwest Nigeria early Wednesday, local authorities said. Ahmed Umar, a commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the southwestern state of Ogun, told reporters in the state capital Abeokuta that the collision, which occurred near a petrol filling station in the state's Ogere town at 4:46 a.m. local time, resulted in a fire that affected five other trucks. "The bodies of the dead were recovered from one of the crashed trucks and were burned beyond recognition. — Xinhua
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