State Dept. to Remove Sudan From List of Terrorist States
WASHINGTON — The State Department will take Sudan off a list of countries that sponsor terrorism, clearing the way for the East African nation’s fragile...
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Emerging technologies can change the African financial landscape
Africa is the home to 1.2 billion people and what has been described as the world’s largest trade area — the African Continental Free Trade...
Former England boxer turns pro after winning fight with Home Office
The former England amateur boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who won his 16-year legal battle with the Home Office for the right to remain in the...
Near-blind Ansell’s mole-rats detect magnetic cues with eyes, study shows
Near-blind, underground-burrowing, African Ansell’s mole-rats can sense magnetic fields with their eyes, a study has found. Native to Zambia, the animals have eyes that span...
Women in DRC say aid workers sexually abused them during Ebola crisis
More than 50 women have accused aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse during efforts to fight...
Botswana says it has solved mystery of mass elephant die-off
Hundreds of elephants died in Botswana earlier this year from ingesting toxins produced by cyanobacteria, according to government officials who say they will be testing...
Global preparation: how different countries planned for the second wave of Covid-19
The first wave of coronavirus swept through a world unprepared. Authorities struggled to test for the disease, and didn’t know how to slow the spread...
So long, Southsea: last sultan of Zanzibar quits UK after 56 years in exile
After more than half a century of living in Southsea, Portsmouth, with its unpredictable British weather, shingle beaches and Victorian pier, relocation to the Gulf...
How did a ‘cocktail of violence’ engulf Mozambique’s gemstone El Dorado?
For decades a forgotten corner of Mozambique, Cabo Delgado has now become the country’s El Dorado, promising billions in natural gas and gemstones but delivering...
Isis claims murder of French aid workers and their guides in Niger
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for the murder of six French aid workers and their two local guides while they were visiting...