Tag: Africa
Chad holds funeral for late president amid rebel threat
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chadâs slain President Idriss Deby Itno is being buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, NâDjamena....
France donates COVID vaccines to Africa through UN program
GENEVA — France on Friday became the first rich country to donate COVID-19 vaccines to a developing nation through the U.N.'s jab rollout program...
‘Look after my babies’: In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest
<p>Gunfire crackled near the home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain, and...
Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus
MOSCOW — Russia plans to resume direct flights to Egyptâs Red Sea resort towns more than six years after the downing of a Russian...
130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
<p>CAIRO — More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a shipwreck off the Libyan Mediterranean coast, independent rescue groups said. </p>
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Zimbabwe levels T20 series 1-1 after Pakistan 99 all out
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe beat Pakistan for the first time in a Twenty20 when the visitor collapsed from 78-3 to 99 all out on...
Chad holds funeral for late president amid rebel threat
<p>N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chadâs slain President Idriss Deby Itno is being buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, NâDjamena....
Zimbabwe air force helicopter crashes near capital, 4 killed
HARARE, Zimbabwe — An air force helicopter crashed into a house in Zimbabwe on Friday, killing three crew members and a child at the...
France donates COVID vaccines to Africa through UN program
<p>GENEVA — France on Friday became the first rich country to donate COVID-19 vaccines to a developing nation through the U.N.'s jab rollout program...
Olesen hits course record 61 at Gran Canaria to take lead
LAS PALMAS, Spain — Denmarkâs Thorbjorn Olesen shot 9 under for a course record 61 to take the lead of the Gran Canaria Open...