JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into an alarming new front for the pandemic. Africa is seeing…
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NOUAKCHOTT — Mo had nothing but a set of jail clothes and the name of a distant cousin when he boarded the deportation flight from the United States to Mauritania, the African country he had fled….
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA — African heads of state have pledged to coordinate efforts to improve the continent’s security and defeat jihadist organizations, particularly in Nigeria and the Sahel region, during talks Monday at the 31st African…
Thirty African leaders are meeting in Mauritania for a two-day summit focusing on fighting corruption and dealing with the continent’s humanitarian and security crises. At the opening of the summit Sunday, host Mauritanian President Mohamed…