The roaring destructive winds of Typhoon Haiyan created a storm surge that flooded coastal areas. And officials said landslides blocked roads, treed were uprooted and roofs ripped off houses. Power and communications were knocked out, making it all the more difficult to gauge the scale of the devastation and casualties. But it was reported that around 0.75 million people left their homes and relief officials say shelter will be one of the greatest needs now.

The human rights group Amnesty International says new satellite imagery from the Central African Republic shows what it describes as the shocking aftermath of recent human rights abuses. The images show nearly 400 burnt houses in the northern town of Buka. They also show people who fled the town living out in the open. The United Nation says a third of the population outside the capital Bangi are unable to meet their daily food needs.

A 12-year-old boy has been killed during clashes in the Egyptian capital Cairo between supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The boy was one of at least 6 people injured during the violence in the district of Giza. He died of gunshot wounds. Our correspondent in the city says the numbers taking part in the daily protests since the removal of President Morsi in July are dwindling. Former president's party the Muslim Brotherhood is now banned.

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The Association of Mexican Local Authorities has said a mayor who'd been speaking out about a leading drugs cartel was killed after receiving threats and didn't die in a car accident as first reported. The association said, Ygnacio Lopez Mendoza the mayor of the town of Santa Ana Maya in the State of Michoacan was presumably killed on Thursday for criticizing the cartels over their widespread use of extortion and violence.