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A6 WORLD NEWS
Wednesday 7 september 2022
In flood-stricken Pakistan, rains damage archeological site

By MUNIR AHMED orate drainage system,
Associated Press which has been critical in
ISLAMABAD (AP) — In flood- flooding in the past.
stricken Pakistan where an Though the floods have
unprecedented monsoon touched all of Pakistan, the
season has killed hundreds Sindh province has been
of people, the rains now among the worst hit.
threaten a famed archeo- On Monday, army engi-
logical site dating back neers made a second cut
4,500 years, the site’s chief into an embankment at
official said Tuesday. Lake Manchar, Pakistan’s
The ruins of Mohenjo Daro largest freshwater lake,
— located in southern Sindh to release rising waters in
province near the Indus hopes of saving the nearby
River and a UNESCO World city of Sehwan from major
Heritage Site — are consid- flooding.
ered among the best pre- The water from the lake
served urban settlements in has already inundated
South Asia. They were dis- dozens of nearby villages,
covered in 1922 and to this forcing hundreds of fami-
day, mystery surrounds the lies to leave their mudbrick
disappearance of its civi- homes in a hurry, many
lization, which coincided Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar fleeing in panic.
with those of ancient Egypt Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Meanwhile, rescue opera-
and Mesopotamia. Associated Press tions continued Tuesday
The swelling waters of the surging waters, with many rator. ologists have started the with troops and volunteers
Indus, a major river in this experts blaming the unusu- “Several big walls, which repair work. Abbasi did not using helicopters and boats
part of the world, have ally heavy monsoon rains were built nearly 5,000 give an estimated cost of to get those stranded out
wreaked havoc as heavy on climate change. years ago, have collapsed the damages at Mohenjo of the flooded areas and to
rains and massive flood- The flooding has not direct- because of the monsoon Daro. nearest relief camps. Tens of
ing unleashed devastation ly hit Mohenjo Daro but the rains,” Abbasi told The As- Abbasi said the civiliza- thousands of people are al-
across much of Pakistan. record-breaking rains have sociated Press. tion at Mohenjo Daro, also ready living in such camps,
At least 1,343 people have inflicted damage on the ru- He said dozens of con- known as “Mound of the and thousands more have
been killed and millions ins of the ancient city, said struction workers under Dead” in the local Sindhi taken shelter on roadsides
have lost their homes in the Ahsan Abbasi, the site’s cu- the supervision of archae- language, built an elab- on higher ground. q

Suspected jihadi bomb hits convoy in Burkina Faso; 35 dead

diately claimed respon- the nation saying the junta have made,” he said.
sibility for the bomb, it is had achieved some prog- While Burkina Faso’s mili-
suspected to be by Islamic ress in pushing back the ji- tary struggles to stem the
extremist rebels. Burkina hadis. extremist violence, the hu-
Faso has been ravaged by “We have made many manitarian crisis is escalat-
violence linked to al-Qaida efforts since we came to ing. Nearly 2 million people
and the Islamic State group power ... Our efforts have have been displaced —
in which thousands have begun to bear fruit at the making it one of the fastest
been killed. military operational level,” growing displacement cri-
This is the fifth explosion in he said. ses in the world alongside
Soum province since Au- This latest attack, however, Ukraine and Mozambique.
gust, particularly around Dj- damages the credibility of More than 600,000 people
ibo, which has been under Damiba’s claim, say ana- are facing emergency
siege by jihadis for months, lysts. hunger, creating the coun-
according to an internal “Aside from the stagger- try’s worst food crisis in a
security report for aid work- ing casualty toll, the timing decade, according to a
ers seen by The Associated of the incident is unfortu- statement this week by 28
An aerial view of Djibo town, in northern Burkina Faso on Feb.
18, 2021. Press. nate, given that only two international aid groups in
Associated Press A double explosion last days ago President Dami- Burkina Faso.
month between Djibo and ba made a speech in an “Too often, displacement
By ARSENE KABORE and hit Monday while driving Namssiguia killed at least attempt to convince the and hunger come as a
SAM MEDNICK between Bourzanga and 15 people, said the report. public that the country was one-two punch,” said Has-
Associated Press Djibo towns with one of A military coup in January making progress,” said Heni sane Hamadou, country
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina the vehicles carrying civil- ousted the country’s dem- Nsaibia, senior researcher director of the Norwegian
Faso (AP) — A suspected ians, the governor of Sahel ocratically elected govern- at the Armed Conflict Lo- Refugee Council. “People
jihadi roadside bomb has region, Lt. Col. Rodolphe ment claiming they could cation & Event Data Proj- forced to move have left
hit a convoy in northern Sorgho, said in a statement. better secure the country ect. behind their fields and
Burkina Faso, killing at least The wounded have been from the extremists. “While his speech was livestock. Many displaced
35 people and injuring doz- evacuated and the area Monday’s attack comes praised, many commen- families report being down
ens more. of the explosion has been one day after interim Presi- tators criticized the lack of to one meal a day in or-
The supply convoy es- secured, he said. dent Lt. Col. Paul-Henri San- a balance sheet detailing der to allow children to eat
corted by the army was Although no group imme- daogo Damiba spoke to the progress he claimed to twice.”q