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• March 18, 2023

  Novel Drone Delivery System Unveiled

  SAN FRANCISCO - Drone maker Zipline on March 15 introduced a new model that works with a small robot to deliver packages with precision in dense cities, even on windy days.

• March 17, 2023

  Uganda Arrests Men for 'Practicing Homosexuality'

  KAMPALA - Uganda's police said Friday they had arrested six men for "practicing homosexuality", an announcement that came a day after President Yoweri Museveni described gay people as "deviations."

• March 17, 2023

  Freddy Impacts Half-Million Malawians: UN

  BLANTYRE - Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 400 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday.

• March 17, 2023

  Kyiv, EU Hail ICC Putin Arrest Warrant

  UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM EU'S JOSEP BORRELL: KYIV - Ukrainian officials on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the "unlawful deportation" of Ukrainian children.

• March 17, 2023

  Ghana Gives State Salute to Footballer Atsu

  ACCRA - Ghana gave state funeral honors to former Black Stars and Chelsea player, Christian Atsu, who died in last month's earthquake in Turkey, with a ceremony led by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

• March 17, 2023

  Turkey FM Plans Egypt Visit

  CAIRO - Turkey's top diplomat will visit Egypt on Saturday, March 18 as relations ease after a decade of strained ties, Cairo's foreign ministry said.

• March 17, 2023

  Blinken Calls for Nigeria Election Calm

  NIAMEY - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has voiced hope that Nigeria will follow its own legal processes to ease tensions after disputed presidential elections.

• March 17, 2023

  Central Africa Holds Economic Summit

  YAOUNDE - Heads of state from the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) on Friday held a one-day summit to discuss the region's economy and the impact of the Ukraine war.

• March 17, 2023

  Fatal Blast in Northeast Nigeria

  KANO, NIGERIA - Three Nigerian troops were killed and 11 other people, including seven civilians, were injured by a highway bomb in northeast Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, where jihadists are active, military and militia sources told AFP Friday.

• March 17, 2023

  2023 Global Economy Will Be Up: OECD

  PARIS - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said it now expects the global economy to grow by 2.6 percent this year compared to 2.2 percent in its previous forecast in November.

• March 17, 2023

  Tanzania Probes Strange Deaths

  DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said.

• March 17, 2023

  Sahel Children 'In Jeopardy': UN

  GENEVA - Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in "extreme jeopardy" and desperately need humanitarian assistance due to worsening violence, the United Nations said Friday.

• March 16, 2023

  Tanzanian President Hails Relations with S.Africa

  Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan arrived in South Africa Thursday meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss security and trade cooperation between the two countries.  The two leaders hailed their countries' long-standing relations dating back to the anti-colonial struggle.  "This state visit attests to the solid historical relations…between our two fraternal countries, but it also speaks out our mutual desire to expand and deepen the relations for the betterment of our people and countries," Hassan said during a news conference in Pretoria. 

• March 16, 2023

  Serengeti's 'Lion King' Dies in Battle

  DAR ES SALAAM - A majestic lion famed for its amber eyes and thick golden mane has died in a battle for territory in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, wildlife officials said Thursday.

• March 16, 2023

  Women Scientists Sexually Harassed: Survey

  PARIS - Half of all women scientists worldwide have been the victim of workplace sexual harassment at some point during their career, according to a survey published on Thursday.

• March 16, 2023

  Gays 'Deviants': Uganda's Museveni

  KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday described gay people as "deviants" and called for an investigation into homosexuality as lawmakers in the conservative East African nation prepare to vote on an anti-LGBT bill.

• March 16, 2023

  Niger Migrants 'Abandoned': MSF

  NIAMEY - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced Thursday the "abandon" of thousands of migrants expelled by Algerian into northern Niger and called on the West African bloc ECOWAS to intervene.

• March 16, 2023

  S. Africa Security 'Strike Ready' - Ramaphosa

  PRETORIA - President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Thursday that South Africa's security forces would protect the country from "disorder and anarchy" after a leftwing party called for a nationwide strike next week to try to force him out.

• March 16, 2023

  Police Clash with Protestors Over Oppo Leader Trial 

  Senegal's capital Dakar witnessed clashes Thursday between police and supporters of prominent opposition leader Ousmane Sonko facing trial for allegedly defaming a minister. Law enforcement officers fired tear gas at protestors to block them from accompanying Sonko’s motorcade to the courthouse.

• March 16, 2023

  Sudan Coup Cadre Now Infighting: Analysts

  KHARTOUM - Sixteen months since Sudan's top generals ousted a transition to civilian rule, the coup leaders are embroiled in a dangerous power struggle with deepening rivalries within the security forces, analysts warn.

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