7+ hour, 43+ min ago  (429+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will admit an additional 10, 000 white South Africans into the U. S. as refugees this year, increasing its historically low annual cap but still blocking people from other countries from entering through the program. Trump…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (906+ words) Nairobi, KENYA -- As the Iran war drags on, Ethiopia's fuel shortages are rippling through transport systems and daily life, reinforcing its effort to cut costly imports of oil and gas and strengthen its energy security. However, that trend is raising…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (738+ words) MADRID -- Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is expected…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (775+ words) HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zambia is accusing the United States of tying a $2 billion deal for critical health assistance to access to the southern African nation's rich mineral assets, and calling the outgoing U. S. ambassador's claims of corruption "mischievous" and "undiplomatic." The comments…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (466+ words) CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The U. S. -based organizers of an international human rights conference said they canceled it days before it was due to open because China pressured the African host country to exclude Taiwanese activists. Organizers of Access Now, a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (531+ words) ACCRA, Ghana -- Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. It was the latest African country to walk away from the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (783+ words) S. Africans protest illegal immigration JOHANNESBURG -- Hundreds of South Africans took to the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest high levels of illegal immigration, which has fueled tensions between locals and foreign nationals. The demonstration is part of a broader…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (629+ words) MUXIMA, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the "sorrow and great suffering" Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an important hub of the African slave trade during…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (515+ words) CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The Supreme Court in the African kingdom of Eswatini has ruled that four men sent there by the United States last July under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program can finally meet with a lawyer, after…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (538+ words) HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Vaccination programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing in some countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, amid warnings that cuts to United States aid risk…...