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Uganda, Tanzania agree to build long heated oil pipeline
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The leaders of Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement for the construction of what they say will be the world's longest heated oil pipeline, linking Uganda's planned oil fields in the country's west to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and...
Two nuns seized by Islamic rebels Mozambique released
ROME (AP) — Two Roman Catholic nuns held for more than three weeks by rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group in Mozambique have been released, the nuns'religious order announced Thursday. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery said Brazilian nuns Maria Inez Leite Ramos and Eliane Costa Santana were...
Mozambique accused of abuses in its fight against extremists
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Amnesty International Wednesday accused Mozambique’s government forces of torturing suspected members of an Islamist insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province, as well as “possible extrajudicial executions” and “discarding a...
Tanzania opposition parties say candidates unfairly rejected
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s main opposition parties are alleging sabotage by authorities after dozens of candidates for parliament were disqualified for the October elections. The CHADEMA party asserted that at least 57 of its candidates for parliament had been dubiously disqualified to clear...
Rwanda seeks genocide suspect's extradition from France
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has written to France requesting the extradition of a key suspect in the East African nation’s genocide a quarter-century ago, officials said Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Aloys Ntiwiragabo, a former head of Rwanda’s military intelligence service,...
Tanzania's main opposition parties fail to team up for vote
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s main opposition parties failed to form a coalition Tuesday, dashing hopes of teaming up to defeat the longtime ruling party in the October presidential election. The national electoral commission said the CHADEMA party’s Tundu Lissu, ACT Wazalendo’s...
Battle looms in Mozambique over extremists' control of port
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — The stinging success of Mozambique's Islamic extremist rebels in seizing and holding a northern port city signals to the government, neighboring countries and the world that Africa has yet another insurgency hotspot. A battle looms as the government is expected to launch its...
Millions of women lose contraceptives, abortions in COVID-19
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll says India with its abrupt, months-long lockdown has been hit especially hard. Several months into the pandemic,...
Kenyan all-female wildlife ranger team breaks down barriers
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal norms that have been passed down for centuries, patrolling against poachers instead of doing household chores. The eight ethnic Maasai women known as...
5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of East Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An undersea 5.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken parts of East Africa. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered off the coast of Tanzania, about 50 miles (82 kilometers) southeast of the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam. The quake occurred after 8 p.m. local time and at...
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