By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad FeedbackWarning: This story contains graphic images — After seven years of drought, elated cattle farmers in the Australian state of Queensland welcomed the rainstorms heading their way as a blessing.But now, after one of the most devastating deluges in state history, a billion-dollar industry could be left in tatters.Authorities estimate that nearly 500,000 cattle – worth about $213 million (AU$300 million) – have been killed by flooding in Queensland’s north since the rain began falling late last month, CNN affiliate Seven News reported.The downpours...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad FeedbackWarning: This story contains graphic images — After seven years of drought, elated cattle farmers in the Australian state of Queensland welcomed the rainstorms heading their way as a blessing.But now, after one of the most devastating deluges in state history, a billion-dollar industry could be left in tatters.Authorities estimate that nearly 500,000 cattle – worth about $213 million (AU$300 million) – have been killed by flooding in Queensland’s north since the rain began falling late last month, CNN affiliate Seven News reported.The downpours...WW…

This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death.Dawit was watching television at a relative's one-room apartment in Axum, a historic city in Ethiopia's war-torn, northern Tigray region, in early March when a news bulletin flashed up on the screen. Graphic, unverified footage had surfaced of a mass killing near Dawit's hometown of Mahibere Dego, in a mountainous area of central Tigray. In the shaky video Ethiopian soldiers appeared to round up a group of young, unarmed men on a wind-swept, dusty ledge before shooting them at point-blank range -- picking them up by an arm or a leg and...…This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death.Dawit was watching television at a relative's one-room apartment in Axum, a historic city in Ethiopia's war-torn, northern Tigray region, in early March when a news bulletin flashed up on the screen. Graphic, unverified footage had surfaced of a mass killing near Dawit's hometown of Mahibere Dego, in a mountainous area of central Tigray. In the shaky video Ethiopian soldiers appeared to round up a group of young, unarmed men on a wind-swept, dusty ledge before shooting them at point-blank range -- picking them up by an arm or a leg and...WW…

(CNN)Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday that his government would hold accountable any soldier found responsible for rape or looting in the country's conflict region of Tigray, just days after against women."Reports indicate that atrocities have been committed in Tigray region," Abiy wrote in a post on his Twitter account. "Regardless of the TPLF propaganda of exaggeration, any soldier responsible for raping our women & looting communities in the region will be held accountable as their mission is to protect," he said, referring to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the...…(CNN)Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday that his government would hold accountable any soldier found responsible for rape or looting in the country's conflict region of Tigray, just days after against women."Reports indicate that atrocities have been committed in Tigray region," Abiy wrote in a post on his Twitter account. "Regardless of the TPLF propaganda of exaggeration, any soldier responsible for raping our women & looting communities in the region will be held accountable as their mission is to protect," he said, referring to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the...WW…

Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...…Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...WW…

Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...…Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...WW…

All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at their request due to fears of retribution.Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn't stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men, women, entire families and a group of more than 20 Sunday school children, some as young as 14, according to eyewitnesses, parents and their teacher. Abraham...…All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at their request due to fears of retribution.Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn't stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men, women, entire families and a group of more than 20 Sunday school children, some as young as 14, according to eyewitnesses, parents and their teacher. Abraham...WW…

(CNN)The Nigerian army admitted on Saturday that soldiers were given both live and blank bullets when they were deployed to protests at Lekki toll gate on October 20. The admission seems to confirm a key finding of a into the shooting."The soldiers they were both given both live and blank bullets. In this particular case, we saw that these protests had been infiltrated by some hoodlums," Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo said in his testimony to the Lagos Judicial panel of inquiry into the incident."You had peaceful protesters no doubt. But there were also hoodlums who sought to take advantage. That...…(CNN)The Nigerian army admitted on Saturday that soldiers were given both live and blank bullets when they were deployed to protests at Lekki toll gate on October 20. The admission seems to confirm a key finding of a into the shooting."The soldiers they were both given both live and blank bullets. In this particular case, we saw that these protests had been infiltrated by some hoodlums," Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo said in his testimony to the Lagos Judicial panel of inquiry into the incident."You had peaceful protesters no doubt. But there were also hoodlums who sought to take advantage. That...WW…

This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death. The full names of some interviewees and the identities of others have been withheld for their safety.Sometime after midnight on October 21, Elisha Sunday Ibanga answered a phone call from his older brother's number.The person on the other end of the line -- a stranger -- broke the news that Ibanga's brother, Victor, had been shot dead at the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos, Nigeria, where he had been peacefully protesting against police brutality earlier that night."The person told me that the police took his body away," Ibanga, 24, told...…This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death. The full names of some interviewees and the identities of others have been withheld for their safety.Sometime after midnight on October 21, Elisha Sunday Ibanga answered a phone call from his older brother's number.The person on the other end of the line -- a stranger -- broke the news that Ibanga's brother, Victor, had been shot dead at the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos, Nigeria, where he had been peacefully protesting against police brutality earlier that night."The person told me that the police took his body away," Ibanga, 24, told...WW…

Video Ad FeedbackWhat is QAnon? CNN's John Avlon explainsSee Apple's new iPhone 14A Dominion voting machine ended up on eBay. Here's how much it sold forWhat to expect on NASA's upcoming Artemis I mission to the moonRogan grills Zuckerberg on how Facebook moderates controversial contentHe was a famous hacker. Now, he's detailing his main concern with TwitterSome Tesla drivers use kids as a prop to test 'full self-driving' featureApple issues emergency security alert: Update your device nowMisinformation, not machines, biggest election vulnerability, hackers sayPandemic-era bike boom goes...…Video Ad FeedbackWhat is QAnon? CNN's John Avlon explainsSee Apple's new iPhone 14A Dominion voting machine ended up on eBay. Here's how much it sold forWhat to expect on NASA's upcoming Artemis I mission to the moonRogan grills Zuckerberg on how Facebook moderates controversial contentHe was a famous hacker. Now, he's detailing his main concern with TwitterSome Tesla drivers use kids as a prop to test 'full self-driving' featureApple issues emergency security alert: Update your device nowMisinformation, not machines, biggest election vulnerability, hackers sayPandemic-era bike boom goes...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A baby girl was rescued from a storm drain in Durban, South Africa, after residents heard her crying and alerted emergency services.A bystander had spotted the newborn after climbing down into the drain on Monday, Garrith Jamieson, head of Durban Rescue Care, said in a statement obtained by CNN.Rescue services used a chisel and hammer to break into the drain, Jamieson said. The whole operation lasted nearly four hours.After being located and extricated, the baby was flown to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital for urgent care.Dramatic video from the...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A baby girl was rescued from a storm drain in Durban, South Africa, after residents heard her crying and alerted emergency services.A bystander had spotted the newborn after climbing down into the drain on Monday, Garrith Jamieson, head of Durban Rescue Care, said in a statement obtained by CNN.Rescue services used a chisel and hammer to break into the drain, Jamieson said. The whole operation lasted nearly four hours.After being located and extricated, the baby was flown to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital for urgent care.Dramatic video from the...WW…