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March 31, 2024
Gender-Based Violence Surges in Kenya

NAIROBI — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women seeking help to escape life-threatening situations.
March 30, 2024
Relief Ships Leave Cyprus for Gaza

JERUSALEM— A three-ship convoy has left a port in Cyprus to deliver 400 tons of food and other supplies to Gaza as concerns about hunger there soar.
March 30, 2024
Two Armed Groups Sign Pledge to Protect Civilians in Eastern DRC

GENEVA— Representatives of two armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians.
March 30, 2024
Ambassadors Lay Flowers at Site of Moscow Concert Hall Massacre

MOSCOW — Foreign diplomats in Russia laid flowers Saturday at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people.
March 30, 2024
IMF Confirms It's Increasing Egypt's Bailout Loan to $8 Billion

CAIRO — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund confirmed a deal with Egypt to increase its bailout loan from $3 billion to $8 billion, in a move that is meant to shore up the Arab country’s economy hit by a staggering shortage of foreign currency and soaring inflation.
March 30, 2024
Many Christians to Wake Up Before Sunrise to Celebrate Easter

On Easter morning, many Christians wake before dawn. They will celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus, the son of God, as the sun rises.
March 29, 2024
Palestinian Christians Observe Subdued Good Friday in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM— Hundreds of Christians have joined the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem’s Old City, commemorating one of the faith’s most sacred days with noticeably thinner crowds amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
March 29, 2024
Easter: A Boon for Chocolate Manufacturers, While Cocoa Farmers Struggle

ACCRA—Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa.
March 28, 2024
UN Says Security is Worsening in Eastern DRC as Rebel Group Expands

UNITED NATIONS — The special U.N. envoy for Congo says security in the African nation’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory.”
March 28, 2024
West African Project Helps Farmer Women Claim Their Rights — and Land

ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit.
March 28, 2024
New EU Rules on Deforestation May Impact Small Scale Coffee Farmers

BUON MA THUOT, VIETNAM — New European Union rules aimed at protecting dwindling forests are reordering how the world gets its coffee. Experts say the rules requiring companies to provide more detailed evidence that the coffee they sell is not linked to deforestation will create new winners and losers.
March 28, 2024
Uganda Farmers Plant Bamboo for Potential Fuel, Other Products

ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda—Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda, where the hardy and fast-growing crop is seen by the government as having real growth potential.
March 27, 2024
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Recovers Money Lost in Glitch

ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during a system glitch that allowed customers to take out more money than they had in their accounts.
March 27, 2024
Orange Blossoms Mark Arrival of Spring in Morocco

RABAT—The scent of orange blossoms is now being showcased at the Zahria Festival in Marrakech. Organizers say they wanted to give new life to the old tradition.
March 27, 2024
Moscow Uses Disinformation to Frame Concert Hall Attack

TALLINN, Estonia — Immediately after the Friday evening attack in Moscow that killed at least 137 people, Russian officials were suggesting, without evidence, that Ukraine was responsible. The accusations are part of a disinformation war regarding the attack.
March 27, 2024
US Invoked 'Duty to Warn' Ahead of Moscow Attacks

WASHINGTON— A little-known U.S. intelligence principle called the “duty to warn” came into play ahead of the deadly attack on Moscow’s outskirts. U.S. officials invoked that duty when warning Russian officials a full two weeks before Friday’s attack on a concert hall, which killed more than 130 people.
March 27, 2024
US Urges Israel to Safeguard Civilians in Rafah

WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official says U.S. and Israeli defense leaders met for about 90 minutes and discussed the need to have a well-planned military operation to defeat Hamas in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah that would unfold in phases to protect civilians and the ongoing delivery of aid.
March 26, 2024
Crypto Exchange Chief Escapes Custody in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria—Authorities in Nigeria say an executive of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has escaped custody in the West African nation where a criminal investigation has been launched against the platform accused of being used for money laundering.
March 26, 2024
Container Ship Accident Brings Down Major Baltimore Bridge

BALTIMORE— Parts of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remain after a container ship collided with a support Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in Baltimore. The major bridge snapped and collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, and several vehicles fell into the river below. Rescuers were searching for multiple people in the water.
March 26, 2024
South African Court Affirms Party of Ex-President Can Take Part in Elections

JOHANNESBURG— A South African court has dismissed the ruling party’s case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election.

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