Tag: North Africa
Egypt’s national soccer team coach positive for coronavirus
CAIRO — Egypt’s national team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's soccer association announced Saturday.
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Morocco scolds Spain over virus help for independence leader
RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned the Spanish ambassador Sunday to convey the government’s “regret” over Spain’s decision to receive for medical...
Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
South African Higgo wins Gran Canaria Open by 3 shots
LAS PALMAS, Spain — South African Garrick Higgo won the Gran Canaria Open by three shots for his second European Tour victory on Sunday.
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French probe of police station killing focused on motive
RAMBOUILLET, France — Anti-terrorism investigators questioned three people who were detained after a police official was fatally stabbed Friday at a police station outside...
Higgo takes 2-shot lead of Gran Canaria Open after 3 rounds
LAS PALMAS, Spain — Garrick Higgo of South Africa shot 7 under and took a two-shot lead into the final round of the Gran...
‘Look after my babies’: In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest
Gunfire crackled near the straw-woven home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain,...
130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
CAIRO — More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a shipwreck off the Libyan Mediterranean coast, independent rescue groups said.
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Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus
MOSCOW — Russia plans to resume direct flights to Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns more than six years after the downing of a Russian...
Olesen hits course record 61 at Gran Canaria to take lead
LAS PALMAS, Spain — Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen shot 9 under for a course record 61 to take the lead of the Gran Canaria Open...
