CAIRO—At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in a car crash on Tuesday near Egypt’s southern province of Minya, authorities said. The crash took place in the early morning when a passenger bus hit a stopped trailer truck on a highway linking the capital of Cairo to the country’s south, local authorities in…
Ghana Confirms Its First Outbreak of Highly Infectious Marburg Virus
DAKAR—Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but the results had to be verified by…
Photos: Cheetah Hitches a Ride, Surprising Tourists With a Chance for Close-Up Shots
July 17, 2022
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A cheetah decided to take some rest and hitch a ride across the Serengeti Plain of southeastern Africa, giving tourists a very up-close and personal glimpse of her majestic build. The too-close-for-comfort footage was taken by Denice Alex Massawe, the owner of Top Deck Safari. Massawe spotted the predator mother-and-daughter duo in July 2021 prowling across…
6 Killed in Rare Attack Near Malian Capital
BAMAKO—Unidentified armed men killed six people at a checkpoint 70 kilometers (44 miles) east of Mali’s capital Bamako, the security ministry said on Friday. It did not say who was responsible for the attack, which took place overnight on Thursday in an area in southwestern Mali that has been relatively untouched by the Islamist insurgency…
Overturning of Roe v. Wade Galvanizes Africa’s Pro-Lifers
The Reverend Kenneth Meshoe is not accustomed to celebrating unless he is presenting a sermon at his local evangelical church. As the leader of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), a political organization with only four seats in South Africa’s raucous 400-member parliament, where fists sometimes fly, he does not get much time to get…
US, Kenya Begin Trade and Investment Partnership Talks
July 15, 2022
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The United States and Kenya on has announced a new investment and trade partnership covering a wide range of industries and aiming to tackle corruption and protect the rights of workers, among other things. The United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) was announced during a virtual meeting between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai…
Report Shows Attacks on Christians In Nigeria Are Surging After US Drops ‘Concern’ Tag
More Christians have been killed in Nigeria since President Joe Biden’s administration declared there were no religious freedom violations in the country in October 2021, according to watchdogs and church leaders speaking to The Epoch Times. In the first half of 2022, more than 2,543 Nigerian Christians were murdered by Islamists, according to the International Society…
Attacks Near Nigeria’s Capital Threaten National Elections
ABUJA, Nigeria—A series of terror attacks near Nigeria’s seat of power has embarrassed officials and threatened to disrupt the country’s general elections in 2023. Three prominent incidents near the capital Abuja on July 5 shocked President Muhammadu Buhari and exposed his administration’s failure to end terrorism during his seven years in power. In 2015, the…
South Africa Police Say 15 Killed in Bar Shooting in Soweto
JOHANNESBURG—A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police. Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar shortly after midnight Sunday. Those…
ISIS Hospital Attack Kills at Least 13, Including Infants, in Democratic Republic of Congo
Terrorists killed at least 13 people, including infants and patients, in an attack on a clinic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday night, hospital staff said on Friday. The Congolese army blamed the raid on a local militia allied with Islamist fighters. The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, the group’s news agency…
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