After Weeks on the Run, Eritrean Footballers in Uganda Plead for Resettlement

November 20, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on After Weeks on the Run, Eritrean Footballers in Uganda Plead for Resettlement

After Weeks on the Run, Eritrean Footballers in Uganda Plead for Resettlement

WASHINGTON - The fate of four Eritrean football players seeking asylum in Jinja, Uganda, remains uncertain, weeks after they fled their hotel during a tournament. The players had been set to compete with the Eritrean National Team in the Cecafa Under-2...

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Toxins Increase in Somali Crops Under Climate Shocks

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Toxins Increase in Somali Crops Under Climate Shocks

Somalia is one of the world's countries worst affected by global warming, suffering near-constant droughts, heat...

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Sudan Looks to Pyramids to Attract Tourism, Hard Currency

November 14, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Sudan Looks to Pyramids to Attract Tourism, Hard Currency

Sudan Looks to Pyramids to Attract Tourism, Hard Currency

MEROE, SUDAN - Portuguese architect Tania Monteiro and her husband are almost alone as they tour...

Production

South Sudan Villagers Relocated After Oil Leak

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South Sudan Villagers Relocated After Oil Leak

JUBA - More than 2,000 South Sudanese villagers reportedly have been relocated following an oil spill...

Production

Court Postpones Hearing 8th Time For Tanzanian Journalist

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Court Postpones Hearing 8th Time For Tanzanian Journalist

DAR ES SALAM A Tanzanian court on Wednesday postponed the hearing for the eighth time of aprominent Tanzanian journalist arrested in July in a case his lawyers and rights group say is politically motivated.Police arrested Dar es Salaam-based journalis...

Human Rights

Two African Airlines Threaten to Terminate Service to Juba

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Two African Airlines Threaten to Terminate Service to Juba

JUBA - Ethiopian Airlines and Kenyan Airlines are threatening to halt service to Juba International Airport...

Human Rights
Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students Prep for Battle

November 16, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students Prep for Battle

Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students Prep for Battle

\HONG KONG - Student protesters are barricading themselves at universities across Hong Kong, stockpiling makeshift weapons...

Human Rights

Zimbabwe Rolls Out Lower-Denomination Money to Ease Cash Shortage

November 11, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Zimbabwe Rolls Out Lower-Denomination Money to Ease Cash Shortage

Zimbabwe Rolls Out Lower-Denomination Money to Ease Cash Shortage

HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank says it has begun circulating lower-denomination bank notes and coins, in...

Human Rights

Nigeria: Food Assistance Fact Sheet Updated September 30, 2019

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Nigeria: Food Assistance Fact Sheet Updated September 30, 2019

SITUATION As of August, an estimated 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) resided in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. Additionally, about 240,000 Nigerian refugees had fled violence in the northeast and sought shelter ...

Lifestyle

States Call for Enhanced Arms Control Strategies to Regulate ‘Killer Robots’, Stem Rising Tide of Illegal Weapons, Delegates Tell First Committee

October 25, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on States Call for Enhanced Arms Control Strategies to Regulate ‘Killer Robots’, Stem Rising Tide of Illegal Weapons, Delegates Tell First Committee

States Call for Enhanced Arms Control Strategies to Regulate ‘Killer Robots’, Stem Rising Tide of Illegal Weapons, Delegates Tell First Committee

Calling for more control of the flow of small arms and light weapons and enhanced regulations...

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Zimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments

September 3, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Zimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments

Zimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments

HARARE - Zimbabwe's government doctors went on strike Tuesday, demanding a salary increase to cover the...

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Zimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments

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Zimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments

HARARE - Zimbabwe's government doctors went on strike Tuesday, demanding a salary increase to cover the...

Lifestyle

Ghanaian Club Keeps Football Alive After Scandal

November 13, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Ghanaian Club Keeps Football Alive After Scandal

Ghanaian Club Keeps Football Alive After Scandal

ACCRA, GHANA Ghana was stunned last year by a corruption scandal in which football referees were found to be accepting bribes to influence the outcomes of games. But while the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has struggled to clean up the sport, and ...

Athletics

Israeli Supreme Court Green lights Deportation of Human Rights Monitor

November 5, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Israeli Supreme Court Green lights Deportation of Human Rights Monitor

Israeli Supreme Court Green lights Deportation of Human Rights Monitor

Israel's top court on Tuesday upheld the government's decision to deport a high-profile human rights monitor...

Athletics
Scientists Predict El Nino in 2020 Based on Earlier Warning Method

November 5, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Scientists Predict El Nino in 2020 Based on Earlier Warning Method

Scientists Predict El Nino in 2020 Based on Earlier Warning Method

BARCELONA The complex El Nino weather pattern that can bring disastrous heavy rainfall and long droughts...

Athletics

Ethiopia Sees Rise in Businesses Doing Good as Economy Opens Up

November 5, 2019 Web Desk Comments Off on Ethiopia Sees Rise in Businesses Doing Good as Economy Opens Up

Ethiopia Sees Rise in Businesses Doing Good as Economy Opens Up

ADDIS ABABA From ex-prostitutes making jewelry out of bullet casing to drones delivering blood, rising numbers...

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