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The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other

ADDIS ABABA– – Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Thursday approved the merger of three of its four ethnic-based parties into a

Johannesburg—Preliminary investigations show that a young Somali Canadian peace activist was killed by a stray bullet this week in Mogadishu,

ADAMA, Ethiopia — Not long after security forces tried to arrest him in the middle of the night, Jawar Mohammed,

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — When her contractions became unbearably painful, 18-year-old Perseverance Kanyoza rushed to a maternity hospital in Zimbabwe’s

UNITED NATIONS  — The U.N. Security Council on Friday extended an arms embargo on Somalia and a ban on trade

Djiboiti–pposition leaders in Djibouti are condemning the “scorched earth” policies of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and his regime, following a

NAIROBI, Kenya–— More than 1 million people in East Africa are affected by flooding after higher than normal rainfall, an

RAS AL-ARA, Yemen — Zahra struggled in the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden, grasping for the hands of

JOHANNESBURG -— The effort by South Africa’s biggest opposition party to appeal to black voters is in tatters following the