Africa

Students abducted by gunmen in north central Nigeria

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LAGOS, Nigeria — A large number of students were abducted Sunday and one person was killed at a school in Nigeria’s north central Niger...

Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of pandemic

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CAIRO — Workers dig and ferry wheelbarrows laden with sand to open a new shaft at a bustling archaeological site outside of Cairo, while...

ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Darfur suspects

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CAIRO — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on Sunday urged Sudan’s transitional government to hand over suspects wanted for war crimes and genocide in...

Israel, Egypt talk truce with Hamas, rebuilding Gaza Strip

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CAIRO — Egypt and Israel are holding high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas...

Egypt: Suez Canal ship case adjourned for compensation talks

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CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday adjourned the case of a massive a hulking cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly...

14 abducted from Nigerian university released after 1 month

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Fourteen university students and staff abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria were released Saturday after spending more than a month...

Family of American killed in Kenya wants separate probe

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NAIROBI — The family of an American investor of Somali origin whose body was found with torture wounds days after he went missing in...

‘Our season’: Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray

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MEKELE, Ethiopia — Women who make it to the clinic for sex abuse survivors in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray usually struggle to...

Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide

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BERLIN — Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands...

South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms

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ORANGE FARM, South Africa — Spry and gray-haired, many dressed in their Sunday best or colorful African prints — and all sporting masks —...