Tag: Africa
Spanish police investigating migrant boat deaths detain five
BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police say they have detained five men for allegedly navigating two migrant boats to the Canary Islands and being responsible...
After delays, South Africa announces mass vaccination drive
JOHANNESBURG — After a false start and an unconventional test run, South Africa on Friday announced the launch of its mass vaccination campaign against...
Djibouti votes as president Guelleh seeks a 5th term
<p>MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Horn of African country of Djibouti is going to the polls on Friday as President Ismail Omar Guelleh seeks a...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...
UN chief: Sudan-South Sudan dispute will keep UN in Abyei
<p>UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he couldn’t provide options to reduce and terminate the nearly 3,700-strong...
Senegal, Spain leaders seek to encourage legal migration
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal and Spain signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to discourage illegal migration that has been increasing amid the coronavirus...
Archeologists unearth an ancient pharaonic city in Egypt
<p>CAIRO — Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times. </p>
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Spanish police investigating migrant boat deaths detain five
<p>BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police say they have detained five men for allegedly navigating two migrant boats to the Canary Islands and being responsible...
After delays, South Africa announces mass vaccination drive
<p>JOHANNESBURG — After a false start and an unconventional test run, South Africa on Friday announced the launch of its mass vaccination campaign against...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
<p>PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...