Foreign Experts in Sudan to Examine Sick Lions
A team of international wildlife conservationists flew in Monday to examine four starving and sick lions at a zoo in the Sudanese capital where a lioness died last week.
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Africa
Hacker Exposed Massive Corruption in Angola
Lawyers for a Portuguese computer hacker said on Monday he was responsible for revealing the dealings of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, a corruption scandal with fallout across Europe and Africa.
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Climate Change Feeds Africa’s Locust Infestation
Locusts by the millions are nibbling their way across a large part of Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years. Is this another effect of a changing climate? Yes, researchers say. An unprecedented food security crisis may be the result.
Read moreCredible Fear Interview
A federal court in Texas ruled that it lacks jurisdiction to hear an Angolan man’s challenges to his expedited order of removal. The asylum seeker, who was beaten by police and military in his home country because of his father’s political ties, did not understand the translator during his credible fear interview because she did not speak the dialect of Portuguese he does.
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Morocco Adds W. Sahara Waters to Its Maritime Territory
Morocco on Wednesday integrated waters off the coast of Western Sahara into its maritime territory, adopting two laws that extend its legal jurisdiction over the disputed former Spanish colony.
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Locust Outbreak, Most Serious in 25 Years, Hits East Africa
The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, authorities say. Unusual climate conditions are partly to blame.
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3 African Countries Trying Out First Malaria Vaccine
A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history’s deadliest and most stubborn diseases.
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Puzzlement in Ethiopia as Trump Claims Hand in Nobel Prize
Video of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he had a hand in the latest Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral in Ethiopia after Trump asserted that he had “made a deal” to save the country.
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Spirit World: Voodoo Makes a Comeback in Its Benin Home
In his long life, voodoo priest Kpohinto Medji has seen his religion flourish and then go into decline, banned for years by the authorities and pressured by other faiths.
Read moreEmbassy Attorney Policy
The government’s policy barring attorneys from attending passport and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad interviews at the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti was a violation of due process, a federal court in New York ruled. Plaintiffs testified that embassy employees routinely confiscated their passports and other documents and would be “detained for hours without food, water, or their required medication.”
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Ethiopia and Egypt Fail to Reach Nile Dam Deal
Ethiopia and Egypt failed to resolve a long-running dispute over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River during the latest round of talks this week.
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In an African Forest, the Enduring Mystery of a Giant Butterfly
Suspended from branches high above the ground, Nicolas Moulin looked through his binoculars over a seemingly endless sea of emerald green.
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Uganda: 7 Eritrean Soccer Players Disappear After Tournament
A Ugandan official says seven Eritrean soccer players have disappeared at the end of a regional tournament.
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Rhino Poaching Rises in Botswana Despite Government Crackdown
Thirteen rhinos have been poached in Botswana in the last two months, the tourism ministry said, as the government tries to crackdown on hunting of the endangered species.
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Climate Change May Be Death Knell for Madagascar Lemurs
At least two species of Madagascar lemurs teetering on the brink of extinction because of deforestation could be pushed over the edge by climate change, researchers said Monday.
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After Drought, Floods Compound Somalia’s Year of Climate Misery
The arid Horn of Africa country has always been hostage to climate extremes. Rain is erratic, and drought a feature of life. But catastrophic weather events are occurring in Somalia with ever-greater fury and frequency, trapping millions in a near-constant cycle of crisis.
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France to Return Benin Artworks by 2021: Minister
France will return artworks taken from Benin during the colonial conquest of the region by the start of 2021, culture minister Franck Riester said Monday on a visit to the West African country.
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58 Immigrants Drown Off Coast of Mauritania
Scores of immigrants swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat while 58 others drowned Thursday in Mauritania in one of the deadliest disasters this year among people making the perilous journey to Europe.
Read moreFirst Circuit Sours on Child-Labor Disclosure for Candy Bars
Unappetizing disclosures about the children who labor in West African cocoa fields are unlikely to be coming soon to a chocolate bar near you following oral arguments Tuesday at the First Circuit.
Read moreBurkina Faso Travel Advisory
Undergoing an Islamist militant revolt since 2015, Burkina Faso is at the highest level of threat to travelers, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday in an updated travel advisory that cites terrorism, crime and kidnapping risks.
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