Kenyan author and LGBT activist Binyavanga Wainaina dies at 48
Wainaina, who won the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing, was a key figure in the artistic community who promoted local authors.
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After 2nd deadly crash, questions raised about the safety of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 planes
Investigators are combing the debris from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all 157 people aboard. The plane’s black box recorders have been found, but many questions remain about this second crash…
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News Wrap: Death toll from Kenya hotel attack rises to 21
In our Wednesday news wrap, the death toll from Tuesday’s attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, climbed to 21. The Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility, saying it was retaliating for the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as…
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News Wrap: Bipartisan group working on shutdown compromises
In our news wrap Tuesday, a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they met behind closed doors last night in hopes of forging a compromise to reopen the government. President Trump met with a group of House Republicans; the…
The coordinated assault began with an explosion that targeted three vehicles outside a bank, and a suicide bombing in the hotel lobby that severely wounded a number of guests, said Kenya's national police chief.
In our news wrap Wednesday, rescue workers in Indonesia spent a final day looking for tsunami victims. The death toll has topped more than 2,000, but authorities say thousands of bodies could be buried under the mud. Also, 55 people…
As rescue divers probed a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster and the death toll soared past 200, a man was found in an air pocket, alive.
Even more than the pay, these community health workers are driven by the respect they receive for the services they provide.
Volunteers from some of the world’s biggest food producers, who decades ago took food-making from kitchen to the factory, are offering guidance to African entrepreneurs and helping nations become less dependent on imported food. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro…
