Africa

Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president’s body

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the...

France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding

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PARIS — The French Defense Ministry on Tuesday categorically rejected that its forces in Mali attacked and killed civilians attending a village wedding fete...

Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

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<p>NEW DELHI &mdash; The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi....

Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term

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BANGUI, Central African Republic — President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces...

Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president’s body

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<p>NAIROBI, Kenya &mdash; Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the...

ICC holds reparations ceremony for Timbuktu mausoleums

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BAMAKO, Mali — The International Criminal Court made a symbolic reparations payment of 1 euro to Malian officials on Tuesday, after paying for the...

France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding

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<p>PARIS &mdash; The French Defense Ministry on Tuesday categorically rejected that its forces in Mali attacked and killed civilians attending a village wedding fete...

South Africa bans liquor sales over Easter to prevent surge

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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will restrict the sale of alcohol and limit the size of religious and social gatherings over Easter to prevent the...

Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term

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<p>BANGUI, Central African Republic &mdash; President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces...

In stark warning, Egypt leader says Nile water ‘untouchable’

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ISMAILIA, Egypt — Egypt’s president said Tuesday his country’s share of the Nile River's waters are “untouchable" in a stark warning to Ethiopia, which...