ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - An Ethiopian security official says more than 100 people are injured and some people are dead after a wooden stand erected for the colorful Epiphany celebration on Monday …
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Syrian abuses, locust swarms, and millennial musings: The Cheat Sheet
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Syria's children
A new report from the UN's Commission of Inquiry on Syria focuses …
Read MoreMemorial Service Held for Nairobi Terror Attack Survivor Who Died Days Shy of Anniversary
NAIROBI On Jan. 15, 2019, when alShabab terrorists attacked an international hotel and office complex in Nairobi, killing 21 people, hotel nurse Noel Kidaliza was shot five times. She survived the attack …
Read MoreEthiopia PM Sidesteps Trump’s Head Scratching Nobel Prize Comments
Ethiopians and U.S. foreign policy observers are trying to unravel a comment made by President Donald Trump last week where he claimed to have "saved a country" and implied he should have …
Read MoreDR Congo Army says ADF Rebels Killed 30 Soldiers
KINSHASA - Islamist rebels killed 30 soldiers and wounded another 70, some seriously, during fierce fighting last week in eastern DR Congo, army officials said.
They suffered the losses during the latest …
Read MoreRefugees Killed in Tripoli Were Forced Out of UN Facility
Two Eritrean asylum-seekers were shot dead in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, days after the U.N. refugee agency pressed them to leave its facility citing overcrowding.
The UNHCR confirmed the deaths in a …
Read MoreSecurity Sources: Niger Army Base Attack Death Toll Hits 89
The death toll from Thursday's attack by suspected jihadists on a Niger army base has risen to at least 89, four security sources said, surpassing a raid last month that killed 71 …
Read MoreMoroccan Rights Group Warns Over Free Speech After Arrests
RABAT, MOROCCO - Leading Moroccan human rights activists warned Thursday of an assault on freedom of expression in the country following the arrest over recent months of 15 journalists, bloggers, rappers and …
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