DECLAN WALSH | The Seattle Times

Travelers look a a board listing canceled flights at O.R. Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. One nation after another shut its doors to southern Africa over the weekend, even as they spurned public health measures that scientists said were far more urgently needed to take on the omicron variant of COVID. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)

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November 27, 2021 at 7:07 pm

As omicron variant circles the globe, African nations face blame and bans VIEW

Nations in southern Africa protested bitterly Saturday as more of the world’s wealthiest countries cut them off from travel, renewing a debate over border closures...

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November 3, 2021 at 1:26 pm

Ethiopia’s leader vows to ‘bury this enemy,’ as rebels advance

The U.S. Embassy has advised U.S. citizens in Ethiopia to leave immediately, and on Wednesday, it requested that Washington allow diplomats’ families and nonessential staff...

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October 25, 2021 at 6:54 pm

Sudan’s military seizes power, casting democratic transition into chaos

Sudan’s top generals seized power Monday, arresting the prime minister, imposing a state of emergency and opening fire on protesters, in tumultuous scenes that threatened...

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October 24, 2021 at 10:50 am

A CIA Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The CIA convoy rolled out of Mogadishu in the dead of night, headed south along a crumbling ocean road that led deep...

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June 27, 2021 at 2:10 pm

Russian Mercenaries Are Driving War Crimes in Africa, U.N. Says

NAIROBI, Kenya — Russian mercenaries deployed in one of Africa’s most fragile countries killed civilians, looted homes and shot dead worshippers at a mosque during...

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May 24, 2021 at 3:59 pm

Changing Tack, U.S. Sanctions Ethiopia Over Abuses in Tigray War

The U.S., frustrated over war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, put visa restrictions on "all actors" in the Tigray conflict, including current and former...

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May 23, 2021 at 5:05 pm

Lava From Erupting Volcano Panics City in Congo

GOMA, Congo — After a night of chaos and panic, the threat from an erupting volcano to a major city in Congo appeared to recede...

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May 16, 2021 at 4:24 pm

When Fighting Erupts Between Israel and Hamas, Charges of War Crimes Follow VIEW

The Israeli missile that slammed into a Palestinian apartment exacted a shocking toll: eight children and two women, killed as they celebrated a major Muslim...

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May 13, 2021 at 5:33 pm

Israel ground forces shell Gaza as fighting intensifies

Israeli ground forces carried out attacks on the Gaza Strip early Friday in an escalation of a conflict with Palestinian militants that had been waged...

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March 28, 2021 at 8:08 pm

As Militants Seize Mozambique Gas Hub, a Dash for Safety Turns Deadly

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As gunshots rang out across a port town in northeastern Mozambique on Friday afternoon, nearly 200 people sheltering inside the Amarula...

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