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March 23, 2019 at 12:38 am

Tens of thousands in southern Africa need help after cyclone VIEW

BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — A second week has begun of efforts to find and help tens of thousands of people after Cyclone Idai devastated a...

March 22, 2019 at 12:54 am

‘Brace ourselves’: Cyclone death toll tops 600 in Africa VIEW

BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — With the flooding easing in parts of cyclone-stricken Mozambique on Friday, fears are rising that the waters could yield up many...

A man stands in flood waters following cyclone force winds and heavy rain near the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique, Wednesday March 20, 2019. Torrential rains were expected to continue into Thursday and floodwaters were still rising, according to aid groups trying to get food, water and clothing to desperate survivors. It will be days before Mozambique’s inundated plains drain toward the Indian Ocean and even longer before the full scale of the devastation is known. (Josh Estey/CARE via AP) TH804 TH804

March 21, 2019 at 2:54 am

Death toll from cyclone surpasses 500 in southern Africa WATCH

BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe,...

March 19, 2019 at 10:19 am

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at risk after a cyclone ripped into central Mozambique and heavy rains continue...

An Ethiopian relative of a crash victim throws dirt in her own face after realising that there is nothing physical left of her loved one, as she mourns at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, south-east of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Thursday, March 14, 2019. About 200 family members of people who died on the crashed jet stormed out of a briefing with Ethiopian Airlines officials in Addis Ababa on Thursday, complaining that the airline has not given them adequate information. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) NAI119 NAI119

March 14, 2019 at 9:24 am

Anguished families of crash victims find nothing to bury VIEW

More families arrived on Thursday at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people. They hoped they could bring some trace of...

A family member reacts at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The black box from the Boeing jet that crashed will be sent overseas for analysis but no country has been chosen yet, an Ethiopian Airlines spokesman said Wednesday, as much of the world grounded or barred the plane model and grieving families arrived at the disaster site. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) AAS105 AAS105

March 13, 2019 at 5:34 am

At site of Ethiopian plane crash, a pilgrimage of grief VIEW

Friends and family of the 157 people killed came to the crash site with quiet offerings to the dead. Around the world, relatives numb with...

March 11, 2019 at 5:28 am

A shredded book, a passport: What 157 victims left behind VIEW

HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — What little was left was heartbreaking: A battered passport. A shredded book. Business cards in many languages. Searchers in white gloves...

February 26, 2019 at 9:48 pm

A look at Nigeria’s president as he secures a 2nd term VIEW

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — He is a former military dictator who briefly seized power in the 1980s and now says he regrets his ruthless past....

February 26, 2019 at 9:28 pm

Nigerian leader appeals for unity as challenger rejects vote VIEW

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president on Wednesday defended his sweeping win of a second term as free and fair and appealed to a "common...

February 26, 2019 at 8:04 pm

A look at Nigeria’s president as he secures a 2nd term

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — He is a former military dictator who briefly seized power in the 1980s and now says he regrets his ruthless past....