Two Explosions Hit Congo’s Eastern City of Beni
BENI, CONGO - Congo banned public gatherings for two days starting Monday in Beni, after the eastern city was hit by two explosions. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at…
Russia Denies its Personnel in CAR Involved in Killings
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Monday strongly rejected claims that Russian military instructors in the Central African Republic have been involved in killing civilians and looting homes. During a heated…
WHO Chief: Corona Delta Variant ‘Spreading Rapidly’
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in at least 85 countries and “is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far . . . and i...
Fewer Kenyan Youths Joining al-Shabab
NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities say at least 350 young people who joined the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab have surrendered this year and will be reintegrated into society. Security agencies in Kenya's coast region say fewer youth are crossing...
UN: Madagascar Droughts Push 400,000 Toward Starvation
The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation and have already caused deaths from severe hunger.Lola Castro, WFP's regional director in southern Africa, ...
Somalia Executes Militants Amid Deadly Attack
Security officials in Somalia say dozens of people were killed after militants attacked a small town in the central state of Galmudug early on Sunday. At least 30 people were killed, among them civilian residents caught in the crossfire between mil...
WHO Says Africa Experiencing Third Wave of COVID-19 Infections
“Africa is facing a fast-surging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with cases spreading more rapidly and projected to soon overtake the peak of the second wave the continent witnessed at the start of 2021,” according to the World Health Organization’s r...
COVID-19 Devastates Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
The U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) says COVID-19 is having devastating consequences on millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa, as many become orphaned, making them vulnerable to many social ills.The region is in the throes of a full-blown third wave...