Africa

International African American Museum opens where enslaved Africans entered the U.S.

5:26pm June 27, 2023

by Victoria Hansen

The International African American Museum opens Tuesday in Charleston, S.C. It's built on the site of Gadsden's Wharf, where enslaved Africans entered the country.

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Syed Ali Raza and Rukhsana Jafri hold up a photograph of their son, Zain, who is missing after the migrant shipwreck. The family lives in Budho Kalas village, Punjab province, where Zain was a police officer. He had quit his job to start a business that wasn't profitable enough, then set off on an illegal migration to Europe for more lucrative employment.

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They set sail with dreams and met disaster: Stories from the ill-fated migrant ship

3:33pm June 27, 2023

by Betsy Joles

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.

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Ablaye Ndiaye (front row, center) poses with the Senegalese basketball team at the Special Olympics in Berlin. On Saturday, the team beat France to nail the bronze medal in 5-on-5 unified basketball. The coach says that Ndiaye, who has Down syndrome, brings energy and joy to the game and "is the face of the team."

A hoopster from Senegal has a ball — and wins a medal — at 2023 Special Olympics

6:49pm June 24, 2023

by Dave Braneck

Ablaye Ndiaye, who has Down syndrome, carried the torch at opening ceremony. It was, he says, "a great moment." But the reality for people with intellectual disabilities in Senegal is a challenge.

People offer their support to Raja Yousaf, right, whose son Raja Sajid is missing after a shipwreck off the Greek coast, in Bindian village in Kotli, a district of Pakistan's administrator Kashmir, Sunday, June 18, 2023.

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While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities

9:04am June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The wealth of the submersible Titan's passengers contrasted with the desperation that pushed hundreds of migrants to leave their homes and try to reach Italy by boat last week.

In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a photo during a meeting with a delegation of African leaders and senior officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

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Ukraine war is hurting Africa, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin

1:42am June 18, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine.

In this image made from video, people gather on Saturday in front of a building of the Lhubiriha Secondary School Mpondwe, Uganda, near the border with Congo following an attack on the school.

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At least 41 have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a Ugandan school

1:34pm June 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in eastern Congo, carried out the raid on the school in the border town of Mpondwe.

Khamis Abdalla Abakar, Governor of West Darfur in at press conference in Eritrea in 2007.

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Brutal murder of West Darfur governor as the violence in Sudan enters third month

7:44pm June 15, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

As the conflict in Sudan enters its third month, the UN condemns the brutal murder of the governor of West Darfur and calls for a halt to the "spiraling violence" that seems no closer to ending.

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A small motorboat cruises down the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, past domed Nubian structures.

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Sudanese fleeing to Egypt face challenges despite deep ties and interwoven histories

5:02am June 15, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

The exodus of more than 210,000 people from Sudan to Egypt since the war began in April highlights the deep ties that bind the countries — and Egypt's mixed legacy in Sudan.

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Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees face an uncertain future in Egypt

8:42am June 10, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

Thousands of Sudanese have fled north from fighting in their home country into Egypt. Now they have to struggle to find their way in a country facing its own problems.

People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, as fighting continues in Sudan between the forces of two rival generals, on April 29, 2023.

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Sudan's fighting risks reigniting war in Darfur, a site of atrocities 20 years ago

6:00am June 10, 2023

by Kate Bartlett

As fighting in Sudan's capital continues to rage, experts say it's spilling over into the Darfur region and risks fully reigniting a conflict from the early 2000s that left hundreds of thousands dead.