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Ethiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defense deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa is embroiled in disputes with amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Cairo and Mogadishu earlier this month signed a...
UN takes key steps toward Somalia's takeover of its own security
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping operation in Somalia until the end of the year, while also calling for plans for a successor mission, a key step toward the country’s takeover of its own...
AngloGold Ashanti: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AU) on Tuesday reported earnings of $253 million in its second quarter. The Johannesburg-based company said it had net income of 60 cents per share. The gold miner posted revenue of $1.38 billion in...
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union's commission on human rights. The decision,...
Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan's civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls. The international rights group also accused the military of sexual violence. ...
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says his once fertile soil has become a nearly lifeless field that no longer...