Africa

Hope that South Africa’s COVID-19 corruption inspires action

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — There's some hope in South Africa that this time the outrage against corruption inspires effective action. ...

Hope that South Africa’s COVID-19 corruption inspires action

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<p>CAPE TOWN, South Africa &mdash; There's some hope in South Africa that this time the outrage against corruption inspires effective action.</p> ...

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

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JOHANNESBURG — Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...

Uganda’s Bobi Wine arrested while protesting in the capital

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala. ...

Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings

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<p>BAMAKO, Mali &mdash; The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...

Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings

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BAMAKO, Mali — The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...

3 teachers abducted in latest Nigeria school kidnapping

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen abducted three teachers from a primary school in Nigeria’s northwest on Monday, four days after several dozen other students from...

Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill

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<p>NAIROBI, Kenya &mdash; Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health.</p> ...

Africans rethink big, bountiful weddings as pandemic bites

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose among many relatives and friends whom to invite...

Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health. ...