Kenya tightens restrictions amid a spike of COVID-19 deaths
NAIROBI, Kenya — With Kenya's COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced tightened restrictions in five of the most affected counties.
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Cash-strapped Sudan clears overdue payments to World Bank
CAIRO — The Sudanese government said Friday it cleared all of its overdue payments to the World Bank, a move that gives the highly-indebted...
Northern Mozambique town attacked by rebels for third day
JOHANNESBURG — The town of Palma in northern Mozambique remained under attack from insurgents for a third day Friday, with residents trying to flee...
Protest in South Africa over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray
JOHANNESBURG — Members of Ethiopia's Tigrayan community in South Africa demonstrated in the capital in a bid to bring international attention to the humanitarian...
Italy: Teen in hijab aims to be ‘Afro-influencer’ on TikTok
MILAN — In Milan’s chic Victor Emmanuel II Gallery, a spacious mall that would be jammed with shoppers were it not for the pandemic,...
UN warns of `alarming’ crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. humanitarian official warned Thursday of an ongoing crisis in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region, pointing to targeted civilian killings, over...
Migrants stuck in Spain’s Canary Islands say camps are unfit
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — While Spain has criticized Europe for not sharing responsibilities on migration, the country is finding itself under...
African expert warns of ‘vaccine war’ over access to jabs
KAMPALA, Uganda — The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid...
Man arrested after boarding empty Mauritania plane on tarmac
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Authorities have arrested a man after he boarded an empty Mauritania Airlines plane sitting on the tarmac at the international airport...
Morocco: 4 arrested for links to alleged IS attack plot
RABAT, Morocco — Special agents in eastern Morocco on Thursday arrested four suspected Islamic State-linked extremists who were allegedly assigned to attack a military...
