Tag: Africa
Tunisia starts vaccination campaign with Sputnik V shots
<p>TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia launched its vaccination campaign on Saturday, four days after receiving the first 30,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines....
UN increases Central African Republic force by nearly 3,700
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved an increase of nearly 3,700 military and police to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Central African...
Bogaerts spring debut after shoulder woe, Tatis HR in return
The Boston Red Sox have plenty of questions heading into the season, and shortstop Xander Bogaerts doesn’t want to be one of them.
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UN urges foreign troops and mercenaries to leave Libya
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Friday urged countries with troops and mercenaries in Libya to withdraw them “without delay” as demanded...
UN urges Somalia to organize elections without delay
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing...
South Africa’s Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies, aged 72
<p>JOHANNESBURG — </p>
<p>King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South...
Billionaire Motsepe elected president of African soccer
<p>RABAT, Morocco — South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe was elected president of the African soccer confederation on Friday without the need for a...
Turkey signals warming ties with Egypt after long freeze
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Egypt have started holding diplomatic talks, top Turkish officials said Friday, in a sign of warming ties between the...
South Sudan faces conflict, a humanitarian crisis and famine
UNITED NATIONS — The director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned that South Sudan is “a forgotten conflict” facing a “humanitarian...
Kenyan police believe man who shot 2 dead was an extremist
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's head of criminal investigations said Friday that police now believe that a man who grabbed a gun from a police...