Africa – Page 43 – Prologue Journal

After South African Fire, Migrants Fear a Violent Backlash

New York Times Some survivors have been detained by the police, while politicians have lashed out at the newcomers as scapegoats for intractable problems like crime, joblessness and a housing shortage. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/africa/south-africa-fire-immigrants.html

Mali Islamists Kill at Least 49 Civilians and 15 Soldiers

New York Times The government declared three days of mourning after the attacks on a passenger ferry and a military camp. At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/world/africa/mali-islamist-attack-ferry-soldiers.html

Gabon Military Says Deposed President Is Free to Leave the Country

New York Times Before Ali Bongo Ondimba was ousted in late August, he and his family had ruled over the oil-rich, central African state for more than half a century. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/world/africa/gabon-coup-president-bongo-ondimba.html

‘They Blew Our Lives Up’: South Sudanese Flee War in Sudan

New York Times Hundreds of thousands fled a grisly civil conflict years ago to settle in Sudan, to the north. With war now raging there, they are streaming home to a country ill-prepared to take them back. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/world/africa/sudan-refugees-south-sudan.html

Nigerian Court Rejects Challenges to Contested Presidential Election

New York Times The tribunal confirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, who has faced growing discontent amid unpopular economic policies and lingering allegations of irregularities in the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/africa/nigeria-decision-presidential-election.html

Music Videos Promote Niger’s Military After a Coup

New York Times Music videos praising the military have proliferated since generals seized power, highlighting the army’s longstanding importance in Niger and popular dissatisfaction with civilian rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/africa/niger-coup-music-videos.html

Survivor of South Africa Fire Describes a Harrowing Escape

New York Times Tom Mandala, a Malawi native, jumped from the fifth floor as a blaze raged in a Johannesburg residential building. Many other residents were also from Malawi. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/johannesburg-fire.html

Identifying Victims in South African Fire Is a Grim Struggle

New York Times Families on Friday were trying to identify relatives caught in the blaze, a day after it consumed a sprawling settlement in one of the deadliest residential fires in South African history. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/south-africa-fire-victims.html

What to Know About the Deadly Johannesburg Fire

New York Times The blaze, one of the worst residential ones in South Africa’s history, occurred in a building that officials and locals say had become an overcrowded death trap for the hundreds who lived there. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/johannesburg-fire-what-to-know.html

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