Africa

Heavy equipment is used to dig through a mountain on Friday during an attempt to rescue a boy trapped in a well.

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A 5-year-old boy dies after he was trapped in a well for 4 days

4:38pm February 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy's parents in a statement released by the palace. The exact circumstances of how the boy fell in the well are unclear.

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Sex, alcohol and the other reasons Netflix's 1st Arabic language film faces criticism

4:33pm February 01, 2022

Netflix's first original Arabic language film has caused some off-camera controversy because of its depictions of alcohol use, adultery, infidelity and other issues some viewers consider immoral.

Thousands of New Year's day revelers gather on the South Beach in Durban after the government lifted a COVID-19 curfew.

South Africa eases most COVID restrictions, citing high population immunity

1:10pm February 01, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

Up to 80% of South Africans are either vaccinated or have recovered from an infection The only vestige of COVID-19 rules are masks, which are still required in public spaces and on public transport.

Ibrahim Songne, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, opened a pizza spot called IBRIS in the Italian town of Trento. He overcame local prejudices — and now has been named to a list of the world's top 50 pizzerias.

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An African immigrant's pizza wins global raves — and overcomes Italian prejudices

8:52am January 30, 2022

by Ian Brennan

Ibrahim Songne's pizza place triumphed over local anti-immigrant sentiments — and now has earned a spot on a worldwide top 50 pizza list! To think — he didn't even like pizza when he first tried it.

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Political instability in Africa's Sahel region is tied to rising extremism

5:20pm January 29, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andrew Lebovich, a Sahel expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the coup in Burkina Faso and other similar ones to hit the region.

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A student washes her hands before entering a classroom at a school in Blantyre, Malawi, in March 2021. Top scientists say that many African countries, including Malawi, appear to have already arrived at a substantially less threatening stage of the corona

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Africa may have reached the pandemic's holy grail

6:23pm January 28, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

New findings from Malawi suggest the country has entered something akin to the endemic stage of the pandemic — along with many other African nations.

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The military is now in charge of the West African country of Burkina Faso

5:08pm January 25, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

In Western Africa, a military coup has removed Burkina Faso's democratically elected president from office.

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A man standing outside a newly build Olembe stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on Jan. 8, 2022. A crush outside the stadium on Monday has left at least six people dead.

At least 6 people are reported dead from a crush at an African Cup soccer match

12:46pm January 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

The apparent stampede outside of a stadium in Cameroon has renewed the focus on prior warnings that the nation was ill-equipped to host the continent's biggest sporting event.

Soldiers in Burkina Faso say a military junta now controls the country

7:28am January 25, 2022

In the latest setback for democracy in Africa, a military coup has removed the democratically elected president of Burkina Faso. There have been recent coups in the region: Mali, Guinea and Chad.

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People cheer in support of putschist soldiers near the national television station in Ouagadougou on Monday. Two mutinous soldiers told The Associated Press that Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by the rebellious soldiers.

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Soldiers say a military junta now controls Burkina Faso

1:54pm January 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The mutiny came a day after a public demonstration calling for Kabore's resignation.