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Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade

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BARAKA, Kenya — In a convoy of pickup trucks fitted with spray guns, soldiers zoom through Baraka' s hills leaving a trail of dust...

Southern African leaders meet in Mozambique on rebel threat

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JOHANNESBURG — Southern African leaders are meeting in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Thursday to discuss ways to respond to the violence by Islamic extremist...

Analysis: Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack this week on an Iranian cargo ship that is said to serve as a floating base for...

Kenya court suspends gov’t move to close 2 refugee camps

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...

‘Leave no Tigrayan’: In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased

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HAMDAYET, Sudan — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and the minds of Tigrayans, who take shelter by the thousands within sight...

Rwanda recalls genocide as France seeks to reset relations

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KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda is marking 27 years since its genocide with somber commemoration events Wednesday, as France reevaluates its role in the mass...

‘All options open’: Egypt warns Ethiopia amid dam deadlock

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CAIRO — Egypt’s president warned Ethiopia on Wednesday that his government will not tolerate any moves by Addis Ababa that would reduce Egypt’s share...

France to open archive for period covering Rwandan genocide

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PARIS — France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead author of...

Egypt says latest round of talks over Ethiopia dam fail

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CAIRO — Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the latest round of talks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project failed to make progress after Addis Abba...

Tanzania’s new president changes policy on COVID-19, media

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. ...