Africa

UK foreign secretary calls for cooperation on cybersecurity

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LONDON — U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday urged global cooperation to combat cyberattacks by “hostile state actors" and criminal gangs. ...

UN seeks proposals to end force on Sudan-South Sudan border

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<p>The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the nearly 3,700-strong peacekeeping force in the disputed Abyei region on the...

UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya

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CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...

South Africa’s president suspends party secretary-general

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified the country’s anti-corruption drive with the suspension of his African National Congress party’s...

Ex-Mauritania leader under house arrest on corruption charge

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania's authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and...

French man arrested in Central African Republic

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BANGUI, Central African Republic — Police have arrested a French national accused of supporting rebels in volatile Central African Republic after discovering a cache...

UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...

Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded

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CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...

South Africa’s president suspends party secretary-general

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<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa &mdash; South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified the country’s anti-corruption drive with the suspension of his African National Congress party’s...

Group: Sudan forces disperse protest in Khartoum; 2 killed

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CAIRO — Two protesters were killed when Sudanese security forces dispersed a demonstration late Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum, a local medical group...