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U. K. puts Chagos Islands handover deal on hold after Trump withdraws support
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (675+ words) LONDON'Britain's agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U. K. -American military base is on indefinite hold because U. S. President Trump's administration has withdrawn its support for the deal. The British government acknowledged Saturday that legislation to…...
Britain Puts Chagos Islands Deal on Hold, Citing U. S. Opposition
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (610+ words) Britain said on Saturday that it was suspending its plan to give up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, which are home to a strategically important British and American military base, following criticism from President Trump. An agreement to give Mauritius…...
Hello to the New World Superpower: Irans Africa Missions Troll Trump
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (474+ words) After President Trump demanded that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz in an Easter Sunday social media post, the Iranian embassy in Zimbabwe responded with a snarky quip on X: "We've lost the keys." Since the United States and Israel attacked…...
Tanzanian leader orders smaller convoys and shared buses to cut fuel use as prices rise
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (233+ words) DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania'Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose motorcades are reportedly among the largest in Africa, is cutting down on the number of official and luxury vehicles as part of measures to save fuel as oil prices rise. Several…...
U. S. cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (633+ words) The Trump administration's sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, many African nations displayed remarkable resilience. U. S. aid fell to $7. 86 billion…...
Stephen Lewis Was a Singular Man on a Mission
1+ week, 1+ day ago (657+ words) A few weeks ago in Lusaka, I spent some time with old friends: activists I met nearly 25 years ago, reporting on the H. I. V. epidemic. Back then, they were young people locked in a desperate fight for survival. H. I. V. had long since become…...
Silence and Sand Dunes on Namibia's Skeleton Coast
1+ week, 5+ day ago (480+ words) For me, it was the silence that was the most overwhelming as I stood in a carved out sandy valley between two sweeping crescent-shaped golden dunes. With vibrant sapphire-blue skies overhead, there was no birdsong, no hum of background activity,…...
Nicholas Haysom, Apartheid Foe Who Became a U. N. Peacemaker, Dies at 73
2+ week, 48+ min ago (1160+ words) Nicholas Haysom, a South African lawyer who fought apartheid, became a close legal adviser to Nelson Mandela and went on to represent the United Nations in global hot spots, died on March 17 in Manhattan. He was 73. His death, in a…...
Look, it's a lawsuit!' Lion King composer sues comedian over song translation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (918+ words) The Grammy-winning composer behind the signature opening chant in the song "Circle of Life" for "The Lion King" movies is taking a comedian to court for allegedly damaging his reputation by misrepresenting the song's meaning on a viral podcast episode....
He fled Apartheid South Africa at 25. Then he built a $13 billion Fortune 500 company. Here are his rules
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1076+ words) Stanley Bergman grew up in a country that didn't make sense to him. Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to Jewish parents who'd fled Nazi Germany in 1936, he was raised in a household where racism was explicitly condemned'and then walked…...