Africa

Sudan says Ethiopian peacekeepers deported to refugee camp

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CAIRO — Sudanese authorities on Sunday deported around three dozen Ethiopian peacekeepers, working on the U.N. mission in Darfur, to a refugee camp, the...

Sudan says Ethiopian peacekeepers deported to refugee camp

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CAIRO — Sudanese authorities on Sunday deported around three dozen Ethiopian peacekeepers, working on the U.N. mission in Darfur, to a refugee camp, the...

South Africa’s royal scandal: New Zulu king’s claim disputed

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A new Zulu king in South Africa was named amid scenes of chaos Friday night as other members of...

Congo’s leader in Sudan amid efforts to resolve Nile dispute

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CAIRO — Congo’s president, the current head of the African Union, arrived in Khartoum Saturday for talks with Sudanese leaders amid international and regional...

Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict

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KAYA, Burkina Faso — In the more than 15 years Salomon Tibiri has been offering spiritual succor as a military pastor in Burkina Faso,...

India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges

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SOHAG, Egypt — Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many...

US envoy in Sudan in a bid to resolve Ethiopia’s dam dispute

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CAIRO — The U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa was in Sudan on Friday, the latest stop on his tour of the region...

Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray ‘genocide’

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is...

Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with Kenya

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya after severing relations late last year. ...

An online post helps both the hungry and a chef in Ramadan

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A few years ago, Mariam Yehia, her mom and a friend started a Ramadan tradition — they bought hot meals and handed them out...