Monthly Archives: August 2024

‘Barcelona or die.’ For Senegalese dreaming of Europe,

Muhamad Yehia THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career as a real estate agent. Without her parents’ knowledge, she made it onto a small fishing boat known as a pirogue, but the Senegalese police intercepted the vessel …

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Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — The ferocious exchange of fire by Hezbollah and the Israeli military is raising fears of a regional war beyond the tense border. The risks for Lebanon are far greater than in 2006, when a monthlong war with Israel ended in a draw. Lebanon has struggled with years …

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She fought to become a midwife. Now she’s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan

Muhamad Yehia BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to become a midwife to spare others from the same fate in South Sudan, a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. “If I …

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Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week

Muhamad Yehia KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States, the country’s health minister said Monday, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. Mpox cases have been confirmed among children and adults …

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Turkey hosts another round of talks to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia

Muhamad Yehia ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey hosted a second round of talks on Monday between east African neighbors Ethiopia and Somalia to try and resolve a dispute over Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, officials said. Tensions between the two African countries have simmered since Ethiopia signed a memorandum of …

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Turkey and Russia resume joint patrols in northern Syria

Muhamad Yehia ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey and Russia have resumed joint military patrols in northern Syria after nearly a year’s break, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Saturday. Combined patrols began in the Operation Peace Spring area, the statement said, referring to a 30-kilometer (19-mile) -deep strip of land on the …

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UN and US say food is on its way to a famine

Muhamad Yehia CAIRO (AP) — Food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan facing famine amid the northeast African country’s grinding conflict, a group of countries and the United Nations said in a joint statement Friday. The statement came at the conclusion of more than a week of talks …

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Libya’s instability will worsen further without a unified government

Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Libya warned Tuesday that the political, military and security situation in the oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” over the past two months – and without renewed political talks leading to a unified government and elections there …

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Walz’s night, Bill Clinton’s dig at Trump, influencers

Muhamad Yehia CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention’s third night showcased a familiar former president, Bill Clinton, and introduced more Americans to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, little known outside his state until Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Walz, with his background as a former teacher and football coach, used his speech …

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Indonesian Embassy Premises Ceremony to Commemorate the 79th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence in Cairo: First Time Held Outside the

—To commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Cairo held a flag ceremony outside the Indonesian Embassy premises for the first time. This event occurred at the Madinat Al-Bu’uts Al-Islamiyah Stadium (dormitory for international students) at Al-Azhar …

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