KYIV, UKRAINE — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting.
NAIROBI, Kenya— Cyclone Hidaya significantly weakened as it approached Tanzania's coastline, the country's meteorology department said Saturday.
MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana— At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South Africa were laid to rest in neighboring Botswana on Saturday.
JUBA— Following an appeal from the United Nations, South Sudan removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered suspension of U.N. food airdrops. Thousands of people in the country depend on aid from the outside.
JERUSALEM— Christian Orthodox worshippers in Jerusalem have thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in one of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — A group of state Republican officials are working to reinforce the message that U.S. elections are secure and accurate, an approach they say is especially important as the country heads toward another divisive presidential contest.
LYPIVKA, Ukraine— An extraordinary church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka this Orthodox Easter season. Two years ago it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside.
WASHINGTON—Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
NAIROBI— African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa.
KINSHASA, DRC — The Democratic Republic of the Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people.
NAIROBI— Human Rights Watch accused Kenyan authorities on Thursday of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.
ACCRA — The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep troops based there, an American general said Wednesday.
UNITED NATIONS— The United Nations says over 7 million people in South Sudan are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse during “the lean season” between now and July.
NAIROBI — Tourists were evacuated by air from Kenya's Maasai Mara national reserve Wednesday after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains continue to batter the country.
HARARE— Zimbabwe has started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa— South African police were investigating Tuesday if former President Jacob Zuma's new political party forged supporters' signatures to register for national elections next month.
NAIROBI—Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream should move away, the Cabinet said Tuesday, and ordered residents of flood-prone areas across the country to evacuate or they'll be moved by force.
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.
ABUJA—Nigerian defense officials say Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit the West African nation in May for talks about the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of service members and veterans.
The suspension of pro-Palestine protesters has become a central part of the movement, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives.
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