Category: Africa
Russia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Governments
New York Times The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/world/africa/russia-satellite-west-africa.html
Read MoreTanzania Detains Opposition Party’s Top Leaders
New York Times The East African country’s leading opposition party said that its presidential candidate in the last election and its chairman were among dozens detained before a protest called to draw attention to the killing and abduction of government critics. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/world/africa/tanzania-opposition-leaders-arrested-protests.html
Read MoreCongo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede
New York Times At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a major problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/world/africa/congo-prison-release.html
Read MoreHow a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War
New York Times The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
Read MoreWho’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered.
New York Times A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/science/archaeology-dodo-extinction.html
Read MoreMali Attack Killed 50 or More, but Leaders Say Little
New York Times Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent of the carnage. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/world/africa/mali-bamako-attack-jnim.html
Read MoreResearch Leading to Ozempic Honored by 2024 Lasker Awards
New York Times Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/health/2024-lasker-awards-ozempic-wegovy-glp-1.html
Read MoreA Fossilized Creature May Explain a Puzzling Painting on a Rock Wall
New York Times The artwork suggests that the San people of South Africa have an Indigenous knowledge of paleontology that predated Western approaches to the field. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/science/san-rock-art-fossil.html
Read MoreArmed Men Attack Bamako Military Site, Mali’s Military Says
New York Times The West African country’s armed forces said the assault, on a school for military police, was carried out by terrorists. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/africa/mali-capital-attack-military.html
Read MoreMichaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29
New York Times In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/obituaries/michaela-deprince-dead.html
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