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March 10, 2024
Caribbean Leaders Meet Monday To Discuss 'Dire' Situation in Haiti

GEORGETOWN, Guyana—Caribbean leaders have called for an emergency meeting in Jamaica with the United States, Canada and France on Monday to seek a way out of spiraling gang violence in Haiti.
March 10, 2024
Death of Guinean Migrants Leads to Focus on Italy Detention Centers

ROME — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month.
March 09, 2024
Nigeria's Abductions: For Bandits, a Lucrative Business

ABUJA—The kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was only the latest in a slew of such raids since the infamous Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram a decade ago.
March 09, 2024
Morocco Closes Public Baths to Fight Drought

RABAT, MOROCCO — Climate change and a years-long drought have forced Morocco's famous public baths to close a few days a week in an effort to save water.
March 08, 2024
UNICEF: 230 Million Females Circumcised Globally, Up 30 Million From 2016

CAIRO — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued Friday by the United Nations children's agency.
March 08, 2024
UN Raises Alert for 780,000 People Displaced in Mozambique

CAPE TOWN — The United Nations' refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, mostly due to a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil.
March 08, 2024
Putin Cracks Down on Independent Voices, Free Media and Rights Groups

ALLINN, Estonia — It’s not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years. Also falling victim are independent voices as well as those who don’t conform to what the state sees as the country’s “traditional values.”
March 07, 2024
Islamic Extremists Abduct at Least 200 People in Northeastern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria— The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad.
March 07, 2024
UN Draft Resolution Urges Ramadan Cease-Fire in Sudan

UNITED NATIONS — Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon.
March 07, 2024
Haiti Politicians Seek Coalition to Fight Gang Violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home.
March 06, 2024
South Africa Urges World Court to Order Israel to Allow Relief into Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn region.
March 06, 2024
Senegal Sets March 24 for Presidential Polls

DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese government has announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election.
March 05, 2024
White House Allies Push For More Support to Gazans

WASHINGTON — More of President Joe Biden’s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israel refuses to change course.
March 05, 2024
Missing Six-Year-Old Girl Captures Public Attention in South Africa

CAPE TOWN —The South African navy has been brought in to help with a search for a 6-year-old girl who has been missing for two weeks in a case that has captured national attention.
March 05, 2024
Online Movement Agitates Against Corruption in Uganda

KAMPALA — An online protest campaign exposing corruption has rattled government officials and others in Uganda, where street protests are practically outlawed.
March 04, 2024
White House Defends Meeting Between Kamala Harris and Netanyahu Rival

WASHINGTON— Vice President Kamala Harris and other top White House officials hosted a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who is visiting Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
March 04, 2024
Kamala Harris to Meet Israeli Cabinet Member in Washington

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to host a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who is visiting Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
March 04, 2024
Kamala Harris Marks Anniversary of 'Blood Sunday' in Selma, Alabama

SELMA, Alabama — Vice President Kamala Harris led marchers in Selma, Alabama, on the 59 anniversary of Bloody Sunday, saying the fight for voting rights goes on even today.
March 04, 2024
Haiti Declares State of Emergency and Curfew After Weekend Violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government has declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country’s two biggest prisons.
March 04, 2024
Hamas Assault Reminds Argentine Jews of Major Bombing Attack in 1994

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — On October 7, when Hamas militants stormed numerous Israeli locations, killing hundreds and abducting others, Marina Degtiar and other members of Argentina's Jewish community felt like traveling back in time, to July 18, 1994.

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