World
Africa
'Train crash in slow motion': Why Ethiopia is on brink of civil war
Its Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his sweeping reforms, but he is now a leader at war.
- by Cara Anna
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Animals
Why Botswana wants Angola's exiled elephants to return home
Botswana may have found a solution to its elephant overpopulation: it's going to encourage some of them to emigrate.
- by Mbongeni Mguni
Political unrest
Ethiopia on brink of civil war as Abiy Ahmed sends troops into Tigray
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused the renegade province's ruling party of attacking a federal artillery base.
- by Ermias Tasfaye Daba and Lesley Wroughton
Mass shooting
Dozens killed in massacre in Ethiopia: Amnesty
Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday told Amnesty International they counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, including women and children.
- by Elias Meseret
Crime
US citizen kidnapped in Niger rescued in military operation
A SEAL team, along with other members of a joint special operations force, conducted the rescue, according to US officials.
- by Eric Tucker
Protest
'Who told Beyonce that we are hungry': Nigerian protesters want backing not charity
Nigerians protesting against police brutality in the nation's worst civil unrest in 20 years rebuked the celebrity for treating them like famine victims.
- by Angela Ukomadu
Protest
#EndSARS: What is it and why has it gone global?
What started as a grassroots movement to end police brutality in Africa's most populous country has become a global phenomenon.
- by Danielle Paquette
Protest
Fires burn in Lagos after soldiers shoot anti-police protesters
Armed police tried to enforce a round-the-clock curfew in the commercial capital, setting up checkpoints, but gunfire could be heard despite calls for calm.
- by Angela Ukomadu, Alexis Akwagyiram and Libby George
Coronavirus pandemic
Morocco reopens some mosques, even as infections grow
Morocco announced the suspension of prayers in mosques back in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Protest
Protests against police brutality leave Nigerian cities gridlocked
A wave of demonstrations against police brutality in Nigeria shows no sign of abating.
- by Anthony Osae-Brown and Ruth Olurounbi
Bushfires
Hundreds of volunteers battle blaze on slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest single free-standing mountain in the world and attracts thousands of visitors every year.
- by Tom Odula