GABORONE — Botswana wildlife authorities have refuted reports the country’s rhinoceros population is on the verge of extinction due to poaching. The southern African country has battled a rise in poaching, with more than 60 animals killed in the last t…
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US Charges Leaders of Neo Black Movement of Africa in Internet Scam
The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement Wednesday that an investigation it conducted with the FBI has led to federal charges related to internet scams against seven leaders of the Cape Town Zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as “B…
Read moreUN says Catastrophic Flooding Causes Devastation in South Sudan
GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency reports weeks of unrelenting rain and heavy flooding in South Sudan have washed away whole communities and wiped out the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people.Floods are not new to South Sudan. What is new is t…
Read moreAfrica Warming More, Faster Than Other World Regions
GENEVA — Authors of a new report on Africa’s climate warn the continent is heating up more and faster than other regions in the world, and they said Africa needs immediate financial and technological assistance to adapt to the warming environment.The A…
Read moreTigray Forces Say Ethiopian Airstrikes Hit Regional Capital
Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said Monday that the Ethiopian government launched airstrikes on the regional capital of Mekelle.The bombing was also reported by residents and humanitarian workers in Tigray, but the Ethiopian government denied the c…
Read moreUS Cautious Over Claims Key IS African Leader Is Dead
WASHINGTON — Claims from Nigeria that the leader of one of the fastest-growing Islamic State terror group affiliates is dead are being met with extreme caution in the United States.Officials at the White House, Pentagon and State Department said Friday…
Read moreIn NE Nigeria, Cuts to Food Rations Loom as UN Agency Runs Out of Cash
GENEVA — The World Food Program warns it will be forced to cut food rations for half-a-million people suffering from acute hunger in northeast Nigeria unless it receives urgently needed funding.Millions of people in Nigeria’s crisis-ridden Borno, Yobe …
Read moreSouth Sudan Activists Say Phones Were Compromised Ahead of Planned Protests
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — Political activists in South Sudan say mobile phone carrier Zain South Sudan illegally disrupted their telephone service, crippling their communications ahead of a planned anti-government protest.People’s Coalition on Civil Action C…
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