Tag: Africa
Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus
<p>MOSCOW — Russia plans to resume direct flights to Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns more than six years after the downing of a Russian...
Zimbabwe levels T20 series 1-1 after Pakistan 99 all out
<p>HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe beat Pakistan for the first time in a Twenty20 when the visitor collapsed from 78-3 to 99 all out on...
Zimbabwe air force helicopter crashes near capital, 4 killed
<p>HARARE, Zimbabwe — An air force helicopter crashed into a house in Zimbabwe on Friday, killing three crew members and a child at the...
Olesen hits course record 61 at Gran Canaria to take lead
<p>LAS PALMAS, Spain — Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen shot 9 under for a course record 61 to take the lead of the Gran Canaria Open...
‘Look after my babies’: In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest
Gunfire crackled near the straw-woven home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain,...
Malnutrition rising in Mozambique amid extremist insurgency
<p>JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique's humanitarian crisis from the extremist insurgency in the country's north is rapidly spiraling, with more than 950,000 people in urgent need...
Algerian professor gets 3-year jail term for offending Islam
<p>ALGIERS, Algeria — An Algerian court on Thursday convicted a high-profile university professor specializing in Islam of offending the Muslim religion, and sentenced him...
Luiten shares the lead in Canary Islands after hole-in-one
<p>LAS PALMAS, Spain — Joost Luiten hit a hole-in-one en route to a 7-under 63 Thursday that put him in a share of the...
Luiten shares the lead in Canary Islands after hole-in-one
LAS PALMAS, Spain — Joost Luiten hit a hole-in-one en route to a 7-under 63 Thursday that put him in a share of the...
UN Security Council: ‘Deep concern’ about Ethiopia’s Tigray
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council expressed concern Thursday about humanitarian conditions and human rights in Ethiopia's Tigray region, marking the council's first...