Tag: Africa
Israel, Egypt talk truce with Hamas, rebuilding Gaza Strip
CAIRO — Egypt and Israel are holding high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas...
Ethiopians protest US sanctions over brutal Tigray war
KAMPALA, Uganda — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the nation's capital Sunday to protest outside pressure on the government over its brutal war in...
Egypt: Suez Canal ship case adjourned for compensation talks
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday adjourned the case of a massive a hulking cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly...
Family of American killed in Kenya wants separate probe
NAIROBI — The family of an American investor of Somali origin whose body was found with torture wounds days after he went missing in...
14 abducted from Nigerian university released after 1 month
LAGOS, Nigeria — Fourteen university students and staff abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria were released Saturday after spending more than a month...
Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide
BERLIN — Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands...
‘Our season’: Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray
MEKELE, Ethiopia — Women who make it to the clinic for sex abuse survivors in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray usually struggle to...
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms
ORANGE FARM, South Africa — Spry and gray-haired, many dressed in their Sunday best or colorful African prints — and all sporting masks —...
Hungary donates COVID-19 jabs amid slowing vaccination drive
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister on Friday urged Hungarians to register for their COVID-19 jabs, following a sharp drop in what was until...
Boat accident on Nigerian river kills 60, more feared dead
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83...
