Africa

Coup in Gabon: Military officers say they have seized power

5:10am August 30, 2023

Mutinous soldiers in the central African country said Wednesday that they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power.

A gay Ugandan man holds a pride flag as he poses for a photograph in Uganda in March.

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Uganda starts charging people under extreme anti-LGBTQ law, raising execution fears

3:07pm August 29, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Two men in Uganda are the first to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under a harsh new law that carries the death penalty. Their cases highlight the threats for LGBTQ+ people in Uganda.

A man in Uganda becomes first known person charged with 'aggravated homosexuality'

2:19pm August 29, 2023

In Uganda, "aggravated homosexuality" carries the death penalty under some of the world's most punitive anti-gay legislation.

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A woman walks in front of a house damaged by shelling in the city of Wukro, in Tigray, Ethiopia. A new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

Whatever happened in Ethiopia: Did the cease-fire bring an end to civilian suffering?

9:39am August 29, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The civil war in northern Ethiopia officially ended in November. But a new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

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Health & Safety

Morning news brief

7:38am August 29, 2023

Florida braces for Idalia, which is set to become a hurricane. Schools and hospitals recommend masking over rising COVID cases. And Uganda makes charges in its first "aggravated homosexuality" case.

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How did Ethiopia go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to war in a year?

5:12am August 29, 2023

In 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, he launched what has become the deadliest war of the 21st century. NPR's history podcast Throughline investigates.

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Terrorist groups are expanding in Mali is peacekeepers leave, UN experts warn

5:08pm August 28, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

The United Nations is on a tight timeline to pull all of its peacekeepers out of Mali by the end of 2023. As they leave, experts warn that ISIS and other terrorist groups are expanding their control.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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Zimbabwe's electoral commission says President Mnangagwa has won a second term

2:53am August 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term on Saturday, in results announced much earlier than expected in another troubled vote in the country.

A sign on the northern road exiting in Gao, Northern Mali, reads "welcome to the Islamic state of Gao" on Jan. 30, 2013. Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less a year.

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Islamic State group almost doubled its territory in Mali in under a year, U.N. says

4:10pm August 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts said in a new report.

A new report indicates Ethiopia's military is abusing civilians

8:24am August 25, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The report by Physicians for Human Rights says that even since the ceasefire in Ethiopia last November, sexual violence against women and girls, as an act of war, has continued.

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