NEW YORK—John Peers had fallen short 31 times in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments before finding the perfect partner—right in his own country. Peers and fellow Australian Storm Sanders won the U.S. Open title Saturday by rallying for a 4–6, 6–4, 10–7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Peers said he…
Writer’s Plantation in Kenya a Novel Place for a Getaway
By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service If ever there was a single place that evokes a sense of romance, it would have to be Bogani, also called Mbogani, author Karen Blixen’s stately home where she lived in a leafy neighborhood just outside of Nairobi near the Ngong Hills. The very first line of…
Gambia Probes Link Between Child Deaths and a Paracetamol Syrup
BANJUL—Gambia’s government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months are linked to a paracetamol syrup, the head of the country’s health service said on Thursday. A spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in late July. As…
Africa Sees Exodus of Russian Mercenaries Amid War in Ukraine
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—They’re named after one of the world’s greatest composers, but the orchestra they’ve been conducting in Africa for the past five years has brought death and destruction as they’ve fought to prop-up dictatorships and kleptocracies, in exchange for gold, diamonds, and other mineral wealth. President Vladimir Putin has always denied that the Wagner…
Attack on Vehicle Kills 35 Civilians in Northern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU—At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns of Djibo and Bourzanga, an…
6 Dead After Building Collapses in Nigeria’s Largest City
ABUJA, Nigeria—Nigerian authorities on Monday sought to arrest a property developer after a seven-story building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Lagos, the country’s largest city, killing at least six people. Meanwhile, the Lagos Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development submitted his resignation in the aftermath of Sunday’s tragedy, amid growing pressure…
UK High Court Hearing Immigration Appeal Told Rwanda ‘Tortures’ and Kills Opponents
An appeal at the High Court in London against the British government’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda has been told the African country “tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents.” In April the Prime Minister Boris Johnson—who will be replaced on Tuesday by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss—announced plans to send people…
UN Helicopter Crashes in East Congo, 3 Crew Injured
DAKAR—A United Nations helicopter crashed on Friday morning as it was flying over east Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said. The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service chopper, managed by the WFP, went down near the city of Goma. There were no passengers on board and three crew…
German Family, South African Pilot Dead in Namibia Plane Crash
Five people were killed after the plane they were traveling in crashed in Namibia’s Zambezi region on Tuesday. Local media reported that a German family of four and a South African pilot were onboard the Cessna 210 aircraft, which came down shortly after taking off from an airstrip on Impalila Island. They had spent three…
Libya: 2 Egyptian Migrants Dead, 19 Missing After Capsizing
CAIRO— A boat carrying Egyptian migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving two people dead and 19 more missing and presumed dead, the Libyan agency that combats illegal migration said Monday, in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat was carrying 27 migrants and was found over the weekend off the northeastern town…
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