Africa
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KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s electoral commission said Saturday that longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth five-year term, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and ... -
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday it has received information that over 80 civilians were killed early Tuesday in the latest massacre. -
Giraffes can usually grow to 15 to 20 feet tall. That’s why even scientists are surprised to discover dwarf giraffes. Scientists working at wildlife parks in Africa ...
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PARIS—As it pays tribute Thursday to French soldiers killed in Mali and faces questions over a deadly airstrike, France is considering changing its military strategy against ... -
The United Kingdom said on Thursday it would extend a ban on travelers entering England to southern African countries in a measure to prevent the spread ... -
During the Obama administration, U.S. taxpayer money went to a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda. That’s according to a recent Senate report from Chuck Grassley.
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon—More than 37 people are dead and 18 others seriously injured after a bus crash in Cameroon’s western village of Nemale, officials said. A 70-seater ... -
At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria’s Borno state on Christmas Eve, a local ... -
The Republic of Congo is following Beijing’s footsteps in targeting Australia. It recently stripped Australia of billions of dollars by revoking the licenses of 3 Australian companies ...
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KINSHASA, Congo—More than 30 people have died in an overnight capsizing on Lake Albert while trying to return to Congo from Uganda, according to a civil ...
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TUNIS, Tunisia—About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, Tunisian authorities said. ...
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A suicide bomber attacked a stadium in Somalia’s central city of Galkayo Friday, killing 15 people shortly before the arrival of the country’s new prime ...
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a government official said Thursday. In an announcement on ...
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The location of 337 students who were unaccounted for after gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, is now known by government authorities, according ...
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CAIRO—The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration has removed Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move ...
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Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, President Donald Trump said Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months.
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all American troops to withdraw from Somalia, U.S. officials said on Friday, part of a global pullback by the president ...
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DURBAN—An explosion rocked South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said. Engen, which operates the plant and ...
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Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the COVID pandemic to services designed to tackle the disease will far exceed those killed by COVID in Africa.
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A restaurant in Cape Town has just won a Guinness World Record. Gibson's Gourmet Burgers and Ribs has been recognized for its offering of 207 different ...
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LANZAROTE, Spain—At least eight people were drowned after a boat carrying more than 35 migrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa and heading towards the ...
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—An American citizen has been killed in the capital of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, according to the U.S. State Department. The ...
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SAQQARA, Egypt—Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 2,500 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of ...
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ADDIS ABABA—Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbors Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the ...
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the latest attack in which members of ...
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An American hostage held by a group of armed men in West Africa was rescued early Saturday morning during a rescue operation lead by U.S. forces. The ...
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Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday to take steps to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Khartoum the ...
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OUAGADOUGOU—Eighteen Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were traveling in crashed near the town of Bouake in central Ivory Coast on Wednesday morning, Burkina Faso’s ...
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HARARE—Zimbabwe suspects a bacterial disease called haemorrhagic septicaemia is behind the recent deaths of more than 30 elephants but is doing further tests to make sure, ...
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Suspected radical Islamist terrorists killed at least 11 people in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a security convoy that was taking people displaced by ...
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