African expert warns of ‘vaccine war’ over access to jabs
KAMPALA, Uganda — The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid...
Protest in South Africa over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray
<p>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
<p>MILAN — In Milan’s chic Victor Emmanuel II Gallery, a spacious mall that would be jammed with shoppers were it not for the pandemic,...
Man arrested after boarding empty Mauritania plane on tarmac
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Authorities have arrested a man after he boarded an empty Mauritania Airlines plane sitting on the tarmac at the international airport...
UN warns of `alarming’ crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
<p>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
<p>SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — While Spain has criticized Europe for not sharing responsibilities on migration, the country is finding itself under...
Morocco: 4 arrested for links to alleged IS attack plot
RABAT, Morocco — Special agents in eastern Morocco on Thursday arrested four suspected Islamic State-linked extremists who were allegedly assigned to attack a military...
African expert warns of ‘vaccine war’ over access to jabs
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid...
Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...
French navy seizes 6 tons of cocaine off African coast
PARIS — The French military says it seized 6 tons of cocaine with an estimated value of up to 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion)...