Africa

U.N.'s highest court is hearing accusations against Israel of genocide in Gaza

8:16am January 11, 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice opened two days of legal arguments in a landmark case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its Gaza war. Israel rejects the allegation.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:13am January 11, 2024

Closing arguments are to begin in Trump's civil business fraud trial in New York. U.N.'s highest court to hear accusations of genocide in Gaza against Israel. The SEC approves new bitcoin fund.

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South Africa to bring landmark case against Israel at International Court of Justice

5:11pm January 10, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

South Africa's apartheid history and affinity to the Palestinian cause has helped shape its case of genocide against Israel, as lawyers on both sides prepare for the International Court of Justice.

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Anton Koen, a former police officer who now runs a private security firm that specializes in tracking and recovering hijacked and stolen vehicles, prepares to go out on patrol east of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.

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As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in

10:12am January 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the battle against crime and that has led those citizens who can afford it, to turn to a booming private security industry.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was released from Pretoria prison on Friday after serving nearly 11 years.

Oscar Pistorius is released from prison on parole in South Africa

8:12am January 05, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

The Paralympic champion convicted of murdering his girlfriend has left prison on parole.

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Alexis Mukwedi tested positive for sleeping sickness during a two-day mobile screening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He had complained about nervous tics and fatigue.

Health & Safety

Treatment for acute sleeping sickness has been brutal — until now

9:18am January 02, 2024

by Max Barnhart

An oral drug is proving an effective treatment for the acute strain of this potentially fatal disease — an alternative to injections of drugs that posed serious risks to the patient.

Ten-month-old Ahmin Esas, who was born with clubfoot, shares a moment with his mother and brother in the family's home near Battambang, Cambodia. As a single parent with limited means, his mother, Pho Sok overcame many challenges to ensure her son could receive the treatment he needed.

Unforgettable global photos of 2023: Drone pix, a disappearing island, happiness

7:16am December 31, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

Pictures of happiness, of a disappearing Sierra Leonean island, of a pair of flip-flop-clad feet poking out of the Indian Ocean surf: Here are our photo stories from 2023 that we won't forget.

Scenes from the year's top global TikToks.

Top global TikToks of 2023: Mr. Bean of math, makeup demo, capybaras!

12:57pm December 30, 2023

by Danielle Preiss

The most popular global TikToks of the year are a mix of the over-the-top, the weird and the wonderful. Here's a closer look at five favorites.

Pan African village for returning diaspora in Ghana becomes a source of bitterness

5:07am December 29, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The dream of the Pan African Village, a rural settlement for returning diaspora in Ghana's Cape Coast, has become a source of bitterness.

Brutal 8-month war for control of Sudan has devastated much of the country

5:05am December 28, 2023

More than six million people have been displaced, and medical services have been wiped out in many areas. Thousands have died.