JOHANNESBURG—A group of South African Jewish women held an International Women's Day march on Friday to denounce their government's silence on alleged abuse by Hamas fighters against Israeli hostages.
The armed wing of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, said Friday there would be no compromise on the movement's demand that Israel withdraw from Gaza to secure the release of hostages seized in the October 7 attack.
ADAS ABABA —Analysts say liberalizing air travel across Africa could generate over a billion dollars in economic activity and create over 150 thousand jobs. But several factors inhibit growth and efficiency in Africa's airline sector, including government restrictions, high taxes and a lack of competition.
NIAMEY, Niger —It's been two weeks since the lifting of tough sanctions on military-ruled Niger, but the pace of economic recovery is slow and the generals have shown no inclination to re-open the border with Benin and seek a diplomatic settlement with neighboring nations.
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories—Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month with dozens more killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
WASHINGTON—The United States aims to increase aid deliveries by establishing a port on Gaza's coast, in a major operation that is not expected to involve American military personnel on the ground, a senior official said Thursday.
WASHINGTON —US President Joe Biden faces one of the most critical moments of his political career Thursday with a State of the Union speech aimed at convincing skeptical voters the 81-year-old is fit to beat Donald Trump in November's election.
BANGUI, Central African Republic —A court in Bangui provisionally released on Wednesday one of the Central African Republic's main opposition leaders and adjourned his defamation hearing until next week
GOMA, DRC —M23 rebels on Wednesday seized a town in eastern DRC from government forces after most of the the population fled the fighting, local sources said.
RABAT —The Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni, jailed since 2020, has ended a near week-long hunger strike started in protest at the confiscation of a letter, his family said on Wednesday.
DAKAR, SENEGAL — Senegalese lawmakers on Wednesday debated an amnesty bill covering acts linked to deadly protests in recent years, a controversial text aimed at calming the crisis sparked by the presidential election delay.
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — Donald Trump celebrated an "amazing night" as he closed in on the Republican presidential nomination with easy wins in the Super Tuesday primaries, setting up an all-but-certain rematch with President Joe Biden in November.
JOHANNESBURG—A former Johannesburg mayor who calls himself proudly xenophobic is eyeing victory in South Africa's upcoming vote as a candidate who can deliver law and order in a crime-ridden nation.
ABIDJAN — Scores of advertisements on social media offer skin lightening treatments in an effort to meet popular standards of beauty and status. But for many young women, the ads are a scam.
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — More than 10,000 victims of Chad's former dictator and convicted war criminal Hissene Habre have begun to be paid government compensation totaling $16.5 million, NGOs announced on Tuesday.
ABUJA —At least 47 women are missing after Islamic militants carried out a mass kidnapping in northeast Nigeria, anti-jihadist militia leaders told AFP on Tuesday.
MONROVIA —Liberia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a motion to set up a long-awaited war crimes court, more than two decades after the end of a devastating civil conflict.
GENEVA—The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to "flood" Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
JOHANNESBURG— The number of people who fled their homes in northen Mozambique has peaked to over 112,000 in the last two months due to jihadist violence, with 60,000 being children, NGO Save the Children said Tuesday.
DAKAR —Senegal's parliament on Tuesday began examining a controversial amnesty bill for acts linked to deadly political protests since 2021, as the country reels from its biggest crisis in decades.
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