Tag: West Africa
Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
<p>LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday....
Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea
MADRID — Spain faced a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis Tuesday after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to...
Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea
<p>MADRID — Spain faced a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis Tuesday after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to...
Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release
DAKAR, Senegal — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond...
Ex-Mauritania leader under house arrest on corruption charge
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania's authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and...
Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release
<p>DAKAR, Senegal — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond...
Ex-Mauritania leader under house arrest on corruption charge
<p>NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania's authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and...
Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
BARGNY, Senegal — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and...
Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
<p>BARGNY, Senegal — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and...
Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all
N'DJAMENA, Chad — At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad's capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is...