World & Africa

14 people killed when lightning hits a church in a remote refugee camp in Uganda

By Associated Press KAMPALA:  Fourteen people were killed in a lightning strike in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police
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Britain’s foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer

By Associated Press LAGOS: Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday that reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis

By Associated Press ABUJA: Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for
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Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power

By Associated Press GABORONE: The party of Botswana’s opposition candidate Duma Boko was declared the election winner Friday over incumbent
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Kenya’s new deputy president sworn in as his predecessor challenges his impeachment in court

By Associated Press NAIROBI: Kenya’s new deputy president has been sworn into office, two weeks after his predecessor was overwhelmingly
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LATEST: Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power

By BBC News Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political
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Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

By Associated Press RWAMWANJA: For months, Agnes Bulaba, a Congolese refugee in Uganda, has had to get by without the food rations
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Kenyan court clears the way for a new deputy president to take office

By Associated Press NAIROBI: A high court in Kenya cleared the way Thursday for a new deputy president to take office
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Spats over Russia and Ukraine show cracks in South Africa’s unity government

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s unity government has been rocked by a spat between its main political parties, the African
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Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

By Associated Press GABORONE: Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends
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