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US to expel South Africa ambassador as relations deteriorate
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that South Africas ambassador to Washington had been declared persona non grata,…
Archaeologists use song to herald findings in Guinea-Bissau dig
Kansala, Guinea-Bissau â For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu has been told mainly by word of…
Africa faces diabetes crisis, study finds
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA â Researchers warn that type 2 diabetes could affect millions more people in the coming decades after a…
Botswana hunting revenues almost double amid UK opposition
Gaborone, Botswanaâ¯â¯â¯â¯â¯â¯ â Botswana has made $4 million from the sale of licenses to hunt wild animals, the highest figure since…
Children being brutalized in Sudan’s civil war, say UNICEF and MSF
UNITED NATIONS â The head of the U.N. childrens program, UNICEF, said Thursday that 16 million children in Sudan are suffering…
Cyclone Jude batters Malawi, Mozambique; no deaths reported
BLANTYRE, MALAWI â Tropical Cyclone Jude slammed into parts of southern Africa this week, causing no deaths but leaving widespread damage,…
UN judge from Uganda convicted in UK of forcing woman into slavery
LONDON â A British jury on Thursday convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a…
Zimbabwe journalist still in custody after case adjourned
A High Court judge in Zimbabwe on Wednesday adjourned the case of a journalist arrested over his interviews with a…
IS in Sahel expands terror threat beyond strongholds
On Feb. 24, the Moroccan counterterror agency broke up a terrorist cell calling itself the Lions of the Caliphate in…
ECOWAS regional bloc activates counterterror force
ABUJA, NIGERIA â Security analysts are praising ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, for activating its regional standby force…
