Africa

UN, Ethiopia rights agency to conduct joint Tigray probe

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Nations and an Ethiopian rights agency said on Thursday they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into...

EU top diplomats in Libya to support interim authorities

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Germany arrived Thursday in Tripoli to show their support to Libya's newly elected transitional authorities,...

South Africa’s ex-president should be jailed, argues lawyer

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JOHANNESBURG — Lawyers for a commission investigating corruption in South Africa have asked the country’s highest court to jail former president Jacob Zuma for...

Jihadi rebels hit town in north Mozambique near gas project

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<p>JOHANNESBURG &mdash; Jihadi rebels are fighting to capture Palma, a strategic town in northern Mozambique where fighting continued Thursday after launching a three-pronged assault...

Protest in South Africa over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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JOHANNESBURG — Members of Ethiopia's Tigrayan community in South Africa demonstrated in the capital in a bid to bring international attention to the humanitarian...

Italy: Teen in hijab aims to be ‘Afro-influencer’ on TikTok

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MILAN — In Milan’s chic Victor Emmanuel II Gallery, a spacious mall that would be jammed with shoppers were it not for the pandemic,...

UN, Ethiopia rights agency to conduct joint Tigray probe

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<p>KAMPALA, Uganda &mdash; The United Nations and an Ethiopian rights agency said on Thursday they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into...

UN warns of `alarming’ crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

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UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. humanitarian official warned Thursday of an ongoing crisis in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region, pointing to targeted civilian killings, over...

Migrants stuck in Spain’s Canary Islands say camps are unfit

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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — While Spain has criticized Europe for not sharing responsibilities on migration, the country is finding itself under...

South Africa’s ex-president should be jailed, argues lawyer

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<p>JOHANNESBURG &mdash; Lawyers for a commission investigating corruption in South Africa have asked the country’s highest court to jail former president Jacob Zuma for...