Disaster● HighSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 9:23 AM
Nigeria methanol poisoning outbreak kills at least 49
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa theater · last 7 days
rising · 53 in the last 24h259
events logged
79
risk index / 100
Wildfires 168Attacks & Assaults 44Kidnappings 26Shootings 11Cyber Threats 3
- Police hunt killer after councillor candidate shotShootings · South Africa · 1d ago
- Kidnappers free widows husband five mourners in benueKidnappings · Nigeria · 58m ago
- Benue husband abducted while conveying wifes corpse regains freedomKidnappings · Nigeria · 2h ago
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