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The disappearance earlier this month of Diary Sow, 20, the “pride of a whole nation” and a published novelist, prompted an international outpouring of concern....Read More

An expert in conserving garments for museums and collectors finds a new calling in saving the clothes worn by victims of atrocities....Read More

Politicians and military commanders who once led Ethiopia are being tracked down, caught and sometimes killed by their own country’s soldiers in the war in the Tigray region....Read More

Mr. Steinmetz, a French-Israeli businessman, was convicted on charges of corrupting foreign public officials in a bid to reap iron ore resources in Guinea. He was sentenced to five years in prison....Read More

A government-commissioned study offers proposals to address longstanding grievances. But it does not recommend an official apology and skirts the issue of systemic torture by French troops....Read More

Most marriages in Zimbabwe are customary rather than legal unions that, if ended by divorce or death, leave the women empty handed.  But a court ruling last year granted women the right to equal property if the...

Humanitarian operations are underway to provide life-saving assistance to tens of thousands of people in Mozambique devastated by Tropical Cyclone Eloise.  At least six people reportedly have died and more than 176,000 have been affected.  Tropical...

The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), a press freedom group, says at least 14 journalists have been arrested and a radio station attacked in the country in just three weeks. The group condemned the latest attacks on...

Somali lawmakers are demanding an explanation from President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo after allegations surfaced that Somali troops sent to train in Eritrea have been secretly fighting – and dying – in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. Farmaajo’s office...

Finland’s electric taxi service, Nopea Ride, says it will more than triple its fleet in Kenya’s capital this year, helping reduce emissions from Nairobi’s notorious traffic.  Environmental experts say electric vehicles are a welcome step toward reducing pollution-related...