Category: Africa
Getting to Know Kenya Through a Local Hiking Club
New York Times The author sought an authentic experience, and found it in Lets Drift, “an exuberant Kenyan-centered enterprise” of people living in and near Nairobi. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/travel/nairobi-hiking.html
Read MoreWhy Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
New York Times Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/health/mpox-vaccines-who-africa.html
Read MoreDiamond Found in Botswana Is World’s 2nd-Largest Ever at 2,492 Carats
New York Times The diamond was unearthed using new technology, and miners hope it will bring back luster to a struggling industry. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/africa/large-diamond-botswana.html
Read MoreKenyan Accused of Serial Killings Escapes From Police Custody
New York Times Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, who is accused of killing dozens of women, and 12 other people were able to break free, the police said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/world/africa/kenya-serial-killer-suspect-escape.html
Read MoreSurvivors of Doomsday Starvation Cult Testify Against Pastor and 93 Associates
New York Times An evangelical pastor in Kenya ordered his flock to shun education and medicine and starve their children to death in order to meet Jesus, witnesses in a manslaughter trial said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/world/africa/kenya-doomsday-cult-trial.html
Read MoreProtesters in Kenya are Waving the Flag, Against the Law
New York Times Kenya has strict rules about displaying the flag. But some people have been wearing and waving them, and draping them on coffins, as a symbol of resistance. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/africa/kenya-protests-flag-ruto.html
Read MoreSudan’s Military Reopens Border Crossing for Aid to Famine Zone
New York Times Accused of blocking food aid for its starving people, Sudan’s military announced it would reopen the main border crossing with Chad, which it had closed for six months to U.N. relief trucks. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/africa/sudan-chad-adre-border-crossing-reopens.html
Read MoreIssa Hayatou, ‘the Emperor of African Soccer,’ Dies at 77
New York Times In his posts atop the governing bodies for African and global soccer, he fought to establish the continent as an equal to Europe and South America. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/sports/soccer/issa-hayatou-dead.html
Read MoreHow Did Mpox Become a Global Emergency? What’s Next?
New York Times The virus is evolving, and the newest version spreads more often through heterosexual populations. Sweden reported the first case outside Africa. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/health/mpox-emergency-vaccines-treatments.html
Read MoreWhat to Know About Mpox After the Global Health Emergency Alert
New York Times The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen African countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/africa/mpox-outbreak-symptoms-risks.html
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