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In this Dec. 13, 2020, file photo, refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive from Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan. Huge unknowns persist in the deadly conflict, but details of the involvement of neighboring Eritrea, one of the world's most secretive countries, are emerging through witness accounts by survivors and others.Photo file
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US urges Ethiopia’s PM to allow ‘immediate’ help to Tigray

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NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a call with Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday expressed “grave

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A health worker attends to a COVID-19 patient at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital COVID-19 male ward in Blantyre, Malawi on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and a national stadium have been turned into field hospitals in efforts to save lives. Photo file
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Malawi setting up field hospitals to cope with virus surge

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BLANTYRE, Malawi— Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, protesters supporting opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, seen on placard, gather around the dead body of a man who they claimed had been shot by police but which could not be immediately verified, during clashes with security forces in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Feb. 2021 has ordered the suspension of the multimillion-dollar Democratic Governance Facility fund backed by European nations that supports the work of local groups focusing on democracy and good governance.Photo file
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Uganda’s president orders suspension of European-backed fund

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the suspension of a multimillion-dollar fund backed by European nations

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In this Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive with their furniture and donkey on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan. Huge unknowns persist in the deadly conflict, but details of the involvement of neighboring Eritrea, one of the world's most secretive countries, are emerging through witness accounts by survivors and others. Photo file
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Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deaths

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NAIROBI— A trio of opposition parties in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region estimates that more than 50,000 civilians have been killed

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n this Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, Tanzania's President John Magufuli holds up a ceremonial spear and shield to signify the beginning of his presidency, shortly after swearing an oath during his inauguration ceremony at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo file
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Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines

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DODOMA, Tanzania — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after

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South African law enforcement vehicles provide security for two refrigeration trucks transporting the AstraZenica vaccine that arrived earlier from India, near Johannesburg, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. South Africa has welcomed the delivery of its first 1 million doses and will be administered to frontline workers in approximately two weeks
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South Africa welcomes first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

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JOHANNESBURG  — South Africa gave a hero’s welcome Monday to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines — 1 million

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A local resident leads tour guides in training to the Laas Geel caves in Somaliland. The caves contain ancient wall paintings, an archaeological treasure the region’s leaders aim to use as diplomatic leverage. (Mustafa Saeed for The Washington Post)
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Somaliland’s quest for recognition passes through its ancient caves

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LAAS GEEL, Somaliland — The cave walls here are alive with masterpieces of ocher on sandstone, our oldest paint on

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In this Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021 photo provided by the Catholic Relief Services, people affected by the conflict in Tigray load food aid provided by USAID and Catholic Relief Services onto a donkey cart to be transported to their home, outside Mekele, Ethiopia. Photo, file
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‘Extreme urgent need’: Starvation haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray

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NAIROBI — From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than

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