Moroccan officials said on Saturday that 18 migrants had died and scores were injured after what authorities described as a stampede during a mass crossing in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, North Africa. But human rights organizations have accused the security forces of using indiscriminate force at the crossing, and called for an investigation into … Read more
KIGALI, Rwanda – As the leaders of the Commonwealth wrap up a week of closed-door meetings, panel discussions and formal dinners on Saturday in Rwanda, this “family of nations” is still at a crossroads, with questions remaining about its usefulness and whether. It can reinvent itself for the 21st century. The Commonwealth, which comprises five … Read more
KIGALI, Rwanda – Presidents, princes and prime ministers from across the world gathered on Friday in Kigali, the hilly capital of Rwanda, to examine some of the pressing issues facing their nations and the unity that unites them: the Commonwealth. But as the meeting whose agenda included topics like health care, climate change and the … Read more
JOHANNESBURG – The final findings of a three-year inquiry into deep-rooted corruption in South Africa were released Wednesday, part of a roughly 5,000-page report that heavily implicated the former president, Jacob Zuma, but also found fault with the current president. Cyril Ramaphosa handled allegations of misconduct. South Africa’s chief justice, Raymond Zondo, who led the … Read more
WINDHOEK, Namibia – Namibian investigators were hot on the trail of suspected burglars. After receiving a tip about a sensational heist – a farm belonging to President Cyril Ramaphosa in neighboring South Africa – they traced large money transfers that made suspects from South African to Namibian bank accounts. All that was left to do … Read more
KIGALI, Rwanda – For decades, the village had been a sanctuary for families, who tilled the land and cared for their herds in Ethiopia’s largest region. But on Monday, two days after the gunmen set on the ethnic Amhara residents of Tole village in the Ethiopia of the Oromia region – killing hundreds, injuring many … Read more
With a map in one hand and a cold beer in the other, I sat alone at the bar of the Baobab Beach Backpackers Lodge in the coastal town of Vilankulo, gazing out at the sweeping sandbars and vivid turquoise waters that surround Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago. I planned to leave the following morning for Zimbabwe, … Read more
KIGALI, Rwanda – An Ethiopian rebel group massacred more than 200 members of the Amhara ethnic group on Sunday, according to officials and news reports, the latest atrocity amid a civil war that threatens to tear apart Africa’s second-most-populous nation. The Associated Press reported that at least 230 people were killed when members of the … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Democratic Republic of Congo shut down its border on Rwanda Friday afternoon after one of its soldiers was killed after two police officers were reportedly inside Rwandan territory – bringing back a head monthslong tensions that have Raises the specter of war in Africa’s Great Lakes region. The border closure came … Read more
It was curiosity about his own family’s fraught history of migration, from India to Trinidad, that persuaded Andil Gosine, a curator, artist and professor, to start thinking about ways to connect with other artists who shared his history. Gosine’s great-great-grandparents went there as indentured laborers, part of a wave of over half a million migrants … Read more