Africa

Bodies found in Haitian suburb as gang violence rages for third week

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 18, 2024 (AFP) - Fourteen bodies were found in an affluent suburb of Haiti's capital Monday, as international…

Gunfire booms in Haiti as politicians seek to form interim gov’t

By Jean Daniel SENAT with Ines BEL AIBA in Washington PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 14, 2024 (AFP) - Gunfire rang out Thursday…

Nearly 230,000 children, new mothers risk dying of hunger in Sudan: NGO

PORT SUDAN, Sudan, March 13, 2024 (AFP) - Without critical action, nearly 230,000 children and new mothers in war-ravaged Sudan…

Dozens abducted in new Nigeria kidnapping: sources

KADUNA, Nigeria, March 13, 2024 (AFP) - Gunmen abducted dozens of people from a northwestern Nigerian village on Tuesday, according…

Haiti PM agrees to leave in regional push to end crisis

  By Shaun TANDON KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 12, 2024 (AFP) - Haiti's prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside…

EU says all diplomatic personnel evacuated from Haiti

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - The European Union has evacuated all its diplomatic personnel from Haiti because of…

How Haiti’s gangs grew into ‘Frankenstein’ monsters

By Aziz EL MASSASSI WASHINGTON, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - The latest violence in Haiti underscores the powerful sway of…

US staff, German ambassador evacuated as gang violence torments Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 10, 2024 (AFP) - With Haiti's capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including…

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap more than 280 students in shocking school raid

  Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on Thursday, but gave no figures…

Chaos grips Haiti after airport attack, deadly unrest

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 5, 2024 (AFP) - The police academy in Haiti's capital came under attack by an armed gang Tuesday…

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