Cycling Race Traverses Conflict-Stricken Burkina Faso
The Tour du Faso, a 10-day bicycle race through the conflict-stricken West African country of Burkina Faso, began in the southern city of Banfora on October 29. One Burkinabe rider…
Diplomatic Dispute Between Algeria and Morocco Prompts Energy Crisis in Spain
Spain faces a fresh energy crisis after Algeria shut off supplies of natural gas through one of the two pipelines linking Spain with the North African state. Like many other…
COP26: African Leaders Call on Rich Nations to Meet $100 Billion Pledge
African nations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, have criticized rich countries for failing to meet their promise of giving billions of dollars to help them cope with…
State Department Recap: October 28-November 3
Here’s a look at what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats have been doing this week: Ethiopia The U.S. State Department raised the travel advisory for…
Death Toll Rises to 15 in Lagos Building Collapse
Rescue workers in Lagos, Nigeria, continued efforts Tuesday to extricate survivors and recover bodies after the Monday collapse of a 21-story apartment building that was under construction. “We have recovered…
WFP: Madagascar May Be Suffering World’s First Climate-Induced Famine
The World Food Program reports successive years of extreme weather events have plunged thousands of people in Madagascar into what WFP officials say is the world’s first climate-induced famine. Five…
US Suspends Ethiopia’s Duty-Free Access Over Tigray Violations
Citing “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights,” the United States on Tuesday said it suspended Ethiopia’s duty-free access to the U.S. market. Mali and Guinea will also lose access…
Rights Group: Attacks on Somalia Journalists Go Unpunished
Free press advocates are calling for accountability for perpetrators of crimes against media workers as they commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. According to the…
Last seven years on track to be hottest on record: UN
GLASGOW— The years from 2015 to 2021 are on track to be the seven hottest on record, the World Meteorological Organization said, warning that the planet was heading into “uncharted…
Hope for path out of Sudan’s crisis in days, UN envoy says
UNITED NATIONS— Mediators hope the “contours” of a way out of the crisis in Sudan could emerge in the coming days, the UN special envoy said. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan…