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Kenya: 12 bodies dug up in cult investigation

Published on: July 11, 2023
14:37

Nairobi, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) The sequence of horrors unleashed by the murder of cult followers in a forest in the Kenyan city of Kilifi (southeast) came to light again after 12 local authorities managed to dig up 12 corpses.

Forest fire in eastern Cuba affects thousands of hectares

Published on: March 2, 2023
13:09

Havana, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) More than 3,600 hectares of pine forests, grasslands and coffee trees have so far been affected by a big fire in Pinares de Mayari, in eastern Cuba, environmental authorities reported on Thursday.

Restoration of South America’s Atlantic Forest is moving forward

Published on: December 25, 2022
00:10

Asuncion, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The restoration of the Atlantic Forest of South America is advancing and is currently a clear example that nature can heal itself when given the opportunity, a UNEP senior executive said.

Lebanese army participates in extinguishing fire in Dinniyeh

Published on: June 8, 2022
10:12

Beirut, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Lebanese Army's helicopters on Wednesday participated alongside the members of the civil defense and volunteers in the operations to extinguish the fire in the Batramaz-Al Safiri forests, located in the northern Miniyeh-Danniyeh district.

Origin of several forest fires in Lebanon under investigation

Published on: November 16, 2021
11:47

Beirut, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday stressed the need to deepen an investigation about the origin of several forest fires recorded in northern Bekaa Valley.

Algeria reports arrest of forest fire suspects

Published on: August 20, 2021
13:46

Algiers, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Algeria reported on Friday the arrest of 36 suspects of causing fires in northern Kabylia and 25 accused of instigating the lynching of a young man, whose perpetrator was detained when he tried to flee from the country.

Algeria accuses Islamists, Morocco and Israel of causing forest fires

Published on: August 19, 2021
16:10

Algiers, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Algerian official spokespeople on Thursday accused a Berber Islamist movement, supported by Morocco and Israel, of being accountable for the forest fires that devastated large areas of the Kabylie (north).

Cuban FM expresses condolences to Turkey over forest fires

Published on: August 2, 2021
12:26

Havana, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his condolences on Monday to the people and Government of Turkey for the human losses and disasters caused by forest fires that hit the southwestern region of that country.

Nearly 200 active wildfires reported in western Canada

Published on: July 6, 2021
07:18

Ottawa, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 200 forest fires continue active in western Canada, while hundreds of firefighters are trying to put them out after temperatures in the region reached record levels last week.

It will take a decade for Humboldt Park in Cuba to recuperate

Published on: June 11, 2021
00:15

Havana, Jun 11(Prensa Latina) It will take a decade for the Alejandro von Humboldt National Park to recuperate from forest fires during a month, which affected 1,896 hectares, local media reported on Thursday.

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