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December 10, 2019
Ethiopia PM collects Nobel Peace Prize, urges unity against hatred
OSLO — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, appealing for unity as ethnic violence flares in his country and reconciliation efforts with neighboring former foe Eritrea have stalled.Abiy, 43, won the Nobel for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with Eritrea. Announced back in October, the prize also honored his mediation efforts in eastern Africa and the democratic reforms he has ...
December 9, 2019
Search under way after lion kills man in Kenyan capital
NAIROBI — An escaped lion killed a man outside Nairobi National Park on Monday, wildlife authorities said as they warned the big cat was still on the loose in the Kenyan capital.The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) launched a search operation to locate and sedate the lion after a man was mauled to death outside the national park south of the city."We are reaching out to the family of the deceased ...
December 9, 2019
S. African anti-apartheid activist dies aged 92
JOHANNESBURG — South African anti-apartheid activist and outspoken African National Congress (ANC) veteran Professor Ben Turok died in the early hours of Monday, his son said.Ben Turok, 92, died on the morning of Dec. 9 according to a statement by his son Ivan Turok, without giving further details about his death."He was always outspoken and dedicated — his whole life to fighting for freedom, equality and social justice in South ...
December 9, 2019
Flashy Nairobi governor pleads not guilty to graft charges
NAIROBI - The flashy governor of Nairobi on Monday pleaded not guilty to over 30 charges of money laundering, receiving bribes and conflict of interest in a court appearance held under tight security.Governor Mike, the latest top official to be hauled in on corruption charges in Kenya, is accused of having benefited from irregular procurement and payments of $3.5 million.He pleaded "not guilty" to all the charges when he was ...
December 8, 2019
Gambia to crack down on traffickers after migrant deaths
BANJUL, GAMBIA - Gambian President Adama Barrow on Saturday vowed to punish people traffickers as he mourned the deaths of 60 Europe-bound migrants who drowned off Mauritania when their boat capsized."To lose 60 young lives at sea is a national tragedy and a matter of grave concern to my government," he said on national television."A full police investigation has been launched to get to the bottom of this serious national ...
December 8, 2019
Namibia vows to change 'status-quo' of white-farm ownership
OKAHANDJA, NAMIBIA - Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by the cattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia.From that 2,400 square-meter rectangle of sand in the northern Otjozondjupa region, Kornelius Hamasab, 69, now produces spinach, onions and tomatoes.Hamasab is among the 16 percent of black Namibians owning arable land in the semi-desert southwest African nation.White Namibians, ...
December 7, 2019
New EU chief pledges to back Africa on Ethiopia trip
ADDIS ABABA - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen assured Africa of the EU's strong support after arriving in Ethiopia on Saturday, in her first trip outside Europe since assuming her post.The former German defense minister, who took office on December 1, landed in the capital Addis Ababa in the morning and headed to the African Union headquarters for talks with AU chief Moussa Faki Mahamat."I hope my presence ...
December 7, 2019
Gambian town mourns after Mauritania migrant boat sinking
BARRA - Bereaved Gambians shouted in grief and sobbed as they recounted how their loved ones drowned attempting to reach Europe in the worst migrant tragedy off West Africa this year.At least 62 people migrants died Wednesday when their makeshift vessel capsized off the coast of Mauritania while dozens more survivors managed to swim to shore.The boat was attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands -- a perilous and poorly monitored ...
December 6, 2019
3 dead in building collapse in Kenyan capital
NAIROBI — Three people died Friday and many more were feared trapped after a residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, sparking a panicked search for survivors beneath the rubble.Onlookers swarmed the twisted ruins of the six-floor building, using their bare hands to pull injured people coated in dust from beneath the huge slabs of concrete.The Kenyan Red Cross said 11 survivors had been recovered from the flattened block ...
December 6, 2019
D.R. Congo survivors recount horror attacks by ax-wielding rebels
BENI, D.R. Congo — "Those who didn't flee like myself were hacked to pieces with machetes," said nine-year-old Edvige Kalivanda, whose parents were butchered in the latest wave of terror to rock D.R. Congo's volatile east.More than 110 civilians have been killed in the Beni region bordering Uganda since Nov. 5, according to an AFP tally, in violence authorities blame on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group which originated ...
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