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Showing posts with label NYT > World > Africa. Show all posts
Thursday, November 12, 2020

At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says

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A rubber raft crowded with at least 120 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. The craft was on a notoriously dangerous route f...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Sindika Dokolo, Crusader for Return of African Art, Dies at 48

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He started a campaign to repatriate art stolen or removed during the colonial era. This year, he and his billionaire Angolan wife were embro...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Amadou Toumani Touré, Former Malian President, Dies at 72

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Mr. Touré, who led Mali through a tumultuous transition from military rule in 1991, was the country’s second democratically chosen president...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Skull Fossil Shows How Human Cousin Adapted to Changing Climate

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A skull found in a South African cave suggests that the species went through a process of microevolution during a chaotic environmental shif...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

A Famed Fig Tree’s Days Are Numbered as a New Highway Plows Through

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A tree that has graced a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, for nearly a century is slated to be taken down to make way for a highway through t...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Ethiopia's War With Its Tigray Region: Explained

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What led the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, to initiate a military campaign against the powerful Tigray region of Ethiopia, and what are the li...

E.S. Reddy, Who Led U.N.’s Efforts Against Apartheid, Dies at 96

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An Indian-born acolyte of Gandhi, he campaigned for boycotts, divestments and other protests against the South African government. from NY...
Monday, November 2, 2020

Dozens Killed in Ethiopia in Schoolyard Massacre

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Rights groups said at least 54 people were killed in Sunday’s attack, which underscored how relations between Ethiopia’s ethnic groups are f...

Hundreds Die at Sea Off Senegal’s Coast on a Perilous Route to Europe

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Those attempting to migrate from West Africa to Europe are once again taking a route so dangerous it’s known as “Barcelona or die.” from N...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

As Lawlessness Roils Nigeria, Police Chief Vows to Take Back Streets

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As protests against police brutality have subsided after a violent crackdown, they have been followed by a wave of looting and vandalism tha...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Nigerian Forces Fire on Demonstrators Protesting Police Brutality

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The toll was unclear, but witnesses said several people were shot during escalating protests in Lagos. The governor said ‘miscreants’ had hi...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Killing of White Farmer Becomes a Flash Point in South Africa

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Outside a court hearing for two Black suspects in a murder case, white Afrikaners nostalgic for the apartheid era and Black protesters angry...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

France’s Colonial Legacy Is Being Judged in Trial Over African Art

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Activists are being tried in Paris over the attempted theft of an African artwork from the Quai Branly Museum, which they say was a protest ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Keïta, Mali’s Deposed Leader, Is Said to Be Hospitalized

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Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta’s condition was not immediately known, and it was unclear whether he would be evacuated abroad for medical treatment....
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Islamist Assault on Somali Hotel Kills at Least 15

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The Shabab, the extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. It has carried many similar, deadly attacks in Somalia and...