SUDAN: Authorities have issued a “red alert” warning of potential floods in five provinces along the Nile River, citing rising water levels in its two main tributaries, the Blue and White Nile. The ministry urged residents in Khartoum, River Nile, White Nile, Sennar and Blue Nile provinces to practice caution as floods may affect agricultural lands and houses. This brings the total to 29 across the country since January, despite several immunisation drives. Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where transmission of the wild polio virus has never been stopped, according to the World Health Organisation. NAMIBIA: Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30 per cent of a major national park.