Africa

UN focuses on demand to repatriate foreign fighters in Libya

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council held an informal meeting Thursday focusing on the repatriation of more than 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries...

In Uganda, remote islands test delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

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<p>KABALE, Uganda &mdash; Remote islands in Uganda have tested the efforts of health officials delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses as global efforts to access hard-to-reach...

Bodies of 3 Europeans ambushed in Burkina Faso flown home

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MADRID — A plane carrying the bodies of three Europeans killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso this week while they were filming a documentary...

Hundreds arrested after anti-government protests in Chad

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<p>N'DJAMENA, Chad &mdash; More than 700 people have been arrested in Chad following this week's demonstrations against the new military government led by the...

UN says 125 Europe-bound children rescued off Libyan coast

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CAIRO — A total of 125 Europe-bound children were rescued at sea this week by Libyan authorities off the Mediterranean coast, the United Nations...

Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era

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BERLIN — Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition...

In Uganda, remote islands test delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

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KABALE, Uganda — Remote islands in Uganda have tested the efforts of health officials delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses as global efforts to access hard-to-reach...

Hundreds arrested after anti-government protests in Chad

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N'DJAMENA, Chad — More than 700 people have been arrested in Chad following this week's demonstrations against the new military government led by the...

‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often...

‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

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<p>NAIROBI, Kenya &mdash; Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often...