Tag: Africa
UN: Shipwreck off Libya leaves 2 women, 3 children drowned
CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya's coast, drowning two women and three children, a U.N. official said Wednesday....
ICC judges to rule on Ivory Coast president’s acquittal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court judges are ruling Wednesday on an appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of Ivory Coast's former president...
ICC judges to rule on Ivory Coast president’s acquittal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court judges are ruling Wednesday on an appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of Ivory Coast's former president...
Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine
NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi....
World leaders call for international pandemic treaty
LONDON — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies on Tuesday called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say...
Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president’s body
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the...
France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding
PARIS — The French Defense Ministry on Tuesday categorically rejected that its forces in Mali attacked and killed civilians attending a village wedding fete...
Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term
BANGUI, Central African Republic — President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces...
ICC holds reparations ceremony for Timbuktu mausoleums
BAMAKO, Mali — The International Criminal Court made a symbolic reparations payment of 1 euro to Malian officials on Tuesday, after paying for the...
South Africa bans liquor sales over Easter to prevent surge
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will restrict the sale of alcohol and limit the size of religious and social gatherings over Easter to prevent the...
