Ex-Peace Corps volunteers plead with US for help on Tigray
NAIROBI-— More than 350 former Peace Corps volunteers and a trio of former U.S. ambassadors have written to U.S. congressmen
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Malawi setting up field hospitals to cope with virus surge
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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Uganda’s president orders suspension of European-backed fund
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the suspension of a multimillion-dollar fund backed by European nations
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Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deaths
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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Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines
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 Africa welcomes first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa gave a hero’s welcome Monday to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines — 1 million
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Somaliland’s quest for recognition passes through its ancient caves
LAAS GEEL, Somaliland — The cave walls here are alive with masterpieces of ocher on sandstone, our oldest paint on
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‘Extreme urgent need’: Starvation haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI — From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than
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US military says its troop removal from Somalia is complete
NAIROBI— The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President
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Uganda’s dictator says social media shut down ahead of poll
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday that his government has shut down social media ahead of a
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