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Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says. A lot is at stake

Jun. 19, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a report said Wednesday, the latest trend in the militants' movements to wealthier West African coastal nations. ...

In Mexico heat wave monkeys still dying, birds are getting air-conditioning, lions get popsicles

Jun. 09, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Amid Mexico’s heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups. The government, meanwhile, has been more preoccupied with cooling down animals at state-run zoos, giving...

80-year-old American tourist killed in elephant attack during game drive in Zambia

Apr. 04, 2024 13:08 PM EDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A bull elephant charged a truck that an 80-year-old American was riding in with other tourists on a game drive in a Zambian national park, flipping over the vehicle and killing her, a safari company said. The attack injured five others on March 30 in the...