BRAM JANSSEN | The Seattle Times

Sister Sylvia Simpwalo pays for HIV medication for her patients in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Across Africa and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply of antiretroviral drugs to many of the more than 24 million people who take them, endangering their lives. An estimated 7.7 million people in South Africa are HIV positive, the largest number in the world, and 62% of them take the antiretroviral drugs that suppress the virus and prevent transmission. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) XBJ111 XBJ111

August 11, 2020 at 12:07 am

South Africa’s poor scramble for anti-HIV drugs amid virus VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When her regular clinic ran out of her government-funded HIV medications amid South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown, Sibongile Zulu panicked. A local pharmacy...

June 19, 2020 at 12:08 am

South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music VIEW

MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa (AP) — The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of “America's Got Talent,”...

May 2, 2020 at 9:16 am

Thousands of hungry people line up for food in South Africa VIEW

OLIEVENHOUTBOS, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of people stood in line for hours on Saturday in a South African township waiting for handouts of food....

April 29, 2020 at 2:07 am

Virus lockdown worsens suffering for Johannesburg beggars VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Inock Mukanhairi shows the small amount of food that he has for himself, his wife, Angeline, and five children — barely enough...

In this April 14, 2019 photo, Hussein Abd cries while talking about the death of his three sons as he sits in his house in Mosul, Iraq. They were killed in Badoush by Islamic State militants in a January attack. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) XFD315 XFD315

May 12, 2019 at 11:05 pm

Their caliphate gone, hidden militants wage nighttime war in Iraq VIEW

A year and a half after the Islamic State group was declared defeated in Iraq, the militants still evoke fear in the lands of their...

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The father of Majdi Al Barhoumi, who went missing in 2011, holds photos of him, at their home in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia, on April 12, 2018. As global migration has soared to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: The tens of thousands of people who die or simply disappear during their journeys, never to be seen again. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) NY505 NY505

November 1, 2018 at 2:28 pm

A growing toll: 56,800 migrants dead and missing in 4 years VIEW

As migration worldwide soars to record highs, far less visible is its toll: Tens of thousands of people who die or simply disappear. In most...

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February 5, 2018 at 5:21 am

Cape Town pushes possible tap closure on “Day Zero” to May VIEW

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cape Town has pushed back "Day Zero" — the date when it might have to turn off most taps...

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February 3, 2018 at 1:27 am

Cape Town’s water crisis highlights city’s rich-poor divide VIEW

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — "Day Zero" is approaching as South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town prepares to turn off most water taps...

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December 5, 2017 at 1:05 am

Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints;...

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December 3, 2017 at 11:05 pm

Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints;...

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