The bus, which was carrying people to an Easter church service, went off a bridge in South Africa and plunged 165 feet into a ravine.
A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
How did Bassirou Diomaye Faye, age 44, go from obscurity to a resounding win in Senegal’s presidential election? At the family homestead, one relative explained, “This family is not new to ruling.”
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who turned 44 on Monday, was little known until he received the backing of Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s most formidable opposition politician. Both men were released from jail only 10 days ago.
The military of the West African nation, which is plagued by kidnappings largely driven by demands for ransom payments, said 137 children had been freed in the country’s north.
The top opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, is barred from running. So Sunday’s poll is widely seen as a choice between his handpicked candidate and the departing president’s designated successor.
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has a reputation for provocative late-night tweets, has been working to position himself as heir apparent to his father, President Yoweri Museveni.
A wave of military coups and presidents clinging to power are two sides of the same anti-democratic coin plaguing Francophone Africa, experts say.
Temperatures in the region rose above 40 degrees Celsius in February, with humidity pushing the heat index even higher.
Climate change already worsened floods and droughts in the young nation. Now, soaring temperatures are forecast for two weeks.
The government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber.
He rebelled against efforts to force African ways of thinking into the European worldview. His thoughts had the effect of a bomb in African intellectual life.
Senegal was seen as an outpost of democracy in a coup-plagued region until its president tried to cancel the election last month. He failed, and it’s going ahead next Sunday.
If lawmakers in the West African country vote to repeal a 2015 ban, Gambia would become the first nation to roll back protections against the practice.
The West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.
Among his accomplishments during a four-decade career in public health, he helped to pioneer programs providing bed nets in Africa.
The attack in the capital, which left three dead and 27 injured, points to Al Shabab’s ability to continue terrorizing the country, despite a Somali government offensive and American airstrikes.
The presidential candidate of the main opposition party, as well as its powerful founder, were released 10 days before the West African country is set to hold a national election.
The bank is facing scrutiny as it debates how to compensate victims of abuse at Kenyan schools that it was financing.
American officials say their team was in the country to assess governance issues, but was detained and interrogated before being deported.
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