An american woman was touring one of Uganda’s most popular safari destinations was kidnapped with her local guide on Tuesday even and held for $500,000 in ransom, the authorities said. The name of the park is Queen Elizabeth National Park, which was the site of the abduction, and Ugandan security forces stated yesterday that they were searching the park for… Read more »
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis, putting President Trump on notice, warned on Sunday that those who close borders “will become prisoners of the walls that they build.” The remarks came as the pope was returning from a visit to Morocco, where he worked to further his priorities of supporting migrants and establishing closer relations between the Roman Catholic… Read more »
KAMPALA, Uganda — An American woman touring one of Uganda’s most popular safari destinations was kidnapped with her local guide on Tuesday evening and held for $500,000 in ransom, the authorities said. Ugandan security forces said on Wednesday that they were searching Queen Elizabeth National Park, the site of the abduction, for the two victims and their kidnappers. The kidnapped… Read more »
More than 60 people have been killed in tit-for-tat clashes between communities in northern Burkina Faso in recent days, the government said on Wednesday, the latest in a bout of inter-communal violence afflicting West Africa’s Sahel region. Burkina Faso and neighboring Mali have seen a spike in ethnic clashes fueled by Islamist militants as they seek to extend their influence… Read more »
BRUSSELS — Belgium apologized on Thursday for the kidnapping, segregation, deportation and forced adoption of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during its colonial rule of Burundi, Congo and Rwanda. The apology is the first time that Belgium has recognized any responsibility for what historians say was the immense harm the country inflicted on the Central African nations, which it colonized… Read more »
For years now, the Pentagon has maintained a little to no civilian casualties in airstrikes and raids in Somalia. Last week, the United States launched an airstrike that killed 14 civilians, the first 14 civilian deaths from an airstrike in Somalia since 2017 alone. The United States has repeatedly claimed that no civilian casualties have occurred from airstrikes that have… Read more »
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not under control and could continue for another year, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview on Friday. “Let’s not underestimate this outbreak,” he said. His outlook was less optimistic than that of the director general of the World Health… Read more »
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Rescue workers struggled Tuesday to reach areas devastated by a huge cyclone in Mozambique, as heavy rains swelled rivers and further isolated flooded communities in what aid agencies called the worst natural disaster in southern Africa in two decades. In central Mozambique, the area hit hardest by Cyclone Idai, overflowing rivers created “an inland ocean” where countless… Read more »
WASHINGTON — For years, the Pentagon has maintained that no civilians have been killed in American airstrikes and raids in Somalia. Amnesty International, in a new report released on Tuesday, put the death toll at 14 since 2017 alone. The report linked the killings to President Trump’s decision to relax rules for preventing civilian casualties during American counterterrorism strikes in Somalia. Amnesty… Read more »
MAPUTO, Mozambique — The fierce winds and torrential rains slammed into three of the poorest countries on earth, upending the lives of more than one million people in a matter of minutes. Then the floods from Cyclone Idai came and stayed. Nearly a week after southern Africa was hit by one of the worst natural disasters in decades, it was… Read more »