Africa

Alarm grows in Africa as it watches India’s COVID-19 crisis

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa is “watching with total disbelief” as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent’s top public health...

Italy: Hearing delayed in slaying case against Egyptians

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ROME — A judge in Rome on Thursday postponed a hearing to decide if four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces should go on...

Burkinabe fighters seek protection with spiritual traditions

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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Antoine Ouedraogo didn’t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso....

Chadian rebels claim they have shot down military helicopter

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N'DJAMENA, Chad — Rebels seeking to overthrow Chad's new transitional government claimed Thursday to have shot down a military helicopter, while the junta in...

Ramaphosa denies wrong in raising election campaign funds

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JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has claimed there...

Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step

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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental...

Kenya camps with 400,000 refugees to be closed next year

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya wants two refugee camps which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn countries closed by June 30 next year,...

‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often...

‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often...

Spain recovers 24 bodies from migrant boat off Canaries

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BARCELONA, Spain — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as...