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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Aug. 20

Xinhua, August 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

African health ministers, who are attending a WHO conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, are expected to consider a 106.8 million U.S. dollars strategy to tackle disease outbreaks and public health emergencies on the continent.

In devising a comprehensive strategy, WHO's Africa Regional Office mapped out 1,779 epidemics and outbreaks and catalogued more than 100 annual public health emergencies in member states, said a WHO statement released in connection with the meeting in Addis. (Ethiopia-Health)

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CAPE TOWN -- A military bus crashed in central South Africa on Friday, killing 10 soldiers on board and injuring 40 others, authorities said.

The accident took place near Golden Gate in Free State Province, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) said. (S Africa-Crash-Soldiers)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. coastal state of Florida, home to popular tourist destinations like Walt Disney World, on Friday identified a second Zika transmission area in Miami, a development that signals a local spread of the virus and prompted federal officials to issue a new travel advisory immediately.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced in a statement that state officials have confirmed five individuals as cases of local transmissions of Zika in the tourist-attracting Miami Beach area. (U.S.-Zika)

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BEIRUT -- Lebanon asked the country's mission to UN to file a complaint to the Security Council about Israel's incursions in the southern towns of Ghajar and Shebaa Farms, the National News Agency (NNA) reported Friday.

Bassil sent a letter to the mission in New York about Israel's violations which he said are "violating UN resolution 1701, the people's rights and the Lebanese sovereignty," the NNA said. (Lebanon-Israel Incursion)

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KIGALI -- Rwandan Police killed three suspected terrorists in a shootout in Rusizi district, western Rwanda, Friday, in an operation targeting youth in radicalization activities.

The Friday operation targeting religious extremism follows the shooting of another suspected terrorist in Kigali's suburb of Nyarutarama on Wednesday night who police said was suspected of being part of a large group engaged in acts of radicalism. (Rwanda-Radicalization) Endi