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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...
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on track for reelection, provisional results show
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, provisional results showed on Sunday. Ghazouani, who is seeking...
Polls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Polls closed in Mauritania's presidential election on Saturday, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. Ghazouni, who is...
Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, but has been denounced for rights abuses. President...
