YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Cameroon officials say the number of people displaced by the separatist war in the English-speaking regions has plummeted, indicating the government is winning the conflict. However, nongovernmental organizations say the number has remained steady at a half-million, with a huge majority living in desperate conditions.
At the Cathedral …
A recent spate of violent, deadly attacks against impoverished foreign nationals isn't about outsiders, South Africans say, but rather about the country's problems and contentious politics.
Last week, a mob in the coastal city of Durban attacked a group of largely undocumented Malawians, killing at least two people. Low-level xenophobic …
A recent spate of violent, deadly attacks against impoverished foreign nationals isn't about outsiders, South Africans say, but rather about the country's problems and contentious politics.
Last week, a mob in the coastal city of Durban attacked a group of largely undocumented Malawians, killing at least two people. Low-level xenophobic …
CAIRO � Sudan sentenced nine women to a month's imprisonment for taking part in anti-government protests, an opposition group said Sunday, the latest in a crackdown aimed at quashing almost three months of protests calling for the country's autocratic president to step down.
The emergency court in Khartoum, which handed …
Nigerians waited for election results Sunday as vote counting continued from the nation's hotly-contested presidential poll.
Voting continued in a few remote areas, and Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will reschedule elections in some parts of Lagos, Rivers and and Anambra states where voting was disrupted Saturday. …
Nigerians waited for election results Sunday as vote counting continued from the nation's hotly-contested presidential poll.
Voting continued in a few remote areas, and Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will reschedule elections in some parts of Lagos, Rivers and and Anambra states where voting was disrupted Saturday. …
