3 Groups of Students Freed in Nigeria in 24 Hours
LAGOS – Authorities in northern Nigeria announced three separate groups of kidnapped students were freed within 24 hours, prompting speculation late Friday that large ransoms had been paid to the gunmen blamed for a spate of recent abductions.Among tho…
De Beers, National Geographic Form Partnership to Protect Botswana’s Okavango Delta
GABORONE – Mining giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals of Botswana’s iconic Okavango Delta. The vast UNESCO World Heritage wetland is threatened by climate change a…
WHO Says COVID-19 Wave ‘Stabilizing’ in Africa
A World Health Organization official said Thursday that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent appeared to be stabilizing, but numbers of infections are still very high, with almost 248,000 new cases reported in the past week alone. D…
African Governments Commit to Eradicating Poliovirus Type 2
NAIROBI, KENYA – African countries have committed to ending all forms of polio after cases of vaccine-derived polio increased last year, partly because of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Africa had been declared free of the wild p…
UN Chief: No Military Solution to Ethiopia Crisis
The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that there is “no military solution” to Ethiopia’s 10-month-old conflict, and he urged the parties to stop fighting and open a dialogue.”In every sense, the future of Ethiopia is at stake,” Antonio Guterres told…
Gunman Kills 3 Police Officers, Security Guard in Dar es Salaam
DAR ES SALAAM – A heavily armed gunman fatally shot three police officers and a security guard in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, near a French embassy building. Police later killed the man, whose target and motive were not immediately cl…