Africa

Alleged ex-Gambia special unit member arrested in Germany

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BERLIN — An alleged former driver for a special armed unit under the Gambia's former dictator was arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion...

Somalia starts first inoculations with AstraZeneca vaccines

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<p>MOGADISHU, Somalia &mdash; Somalia launched COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with the inoculation of the health minister, who received the jab publicly to reassure the nation...

Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded to Paris-based duo

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The Pritzker Architecture Prize, the field's highest honor, has been awarded to the Paris-based duo of Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal for “prioritizing the...

McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79

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<p>JOHANNESBURG &mdash; Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...

Group reports health facilities looted in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Monday that health facilities in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray have been “looted, vandalized...

Group reports health facilities looted in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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<p>KAMPALA, Uganda &mdash; The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Monday that health facilities in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray have been “looted, vandalized...

Somalia starts first inoculations with AstraZeneca vaccines

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia launched COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with the inoculation of the health minister, who received the jab publicly to reassure the nation...

War’s timeline as Syrians mark 10 years since uprising began

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BEIRUT — Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising...

War’s timeline as Syrians mark 10 years since uprising began

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<p>BEIRUT &mdash; Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising...

Ethiopia rejects outside mediation in Nile River dam dispute

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KAMPALA, Uganda — An Ethiopian official said on Tuesday that his government opposes calls by Sudan for outside mediators including the United States in...