Africa
Innovative ice baskets cushion Kenyan fish dealers from losses
Made of papyrus reeds, the dozens of traditional baskets at a fish market on Marenga Beach on the shores of Lake Victoria in Busia, western Kenya, looked like any other used across the east African nation.
2 killed in suspected al-Shabab attack on Kenya police post
Kenyan police say suspected al-Shabab extremists raided a police post during an attempt to free two suspects who ended up dead in the melee.
Chinese language gains appeal in Africa as benefits grow
Nairobi, Oct 28 (Xinhua/UNB) – Namisi Moses Apollo has become a celebrity in the villages of Luwero district in central Uganda, where he has been teaching the Chinese language at Everest College for two years.
US sanctions Zimbabwean state security minister
Harare, Oct 26 (AP/UNB) — The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe's state security minister over alleged human rights abuses, just hours after Zimbabwe's government defiantly marked its first Anti-Sanctions public holiday.
S. Africa's main opposition leader resigns over internal strife
Cape Town, Oct 24 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The leader of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane, resigned Wednesday amid intensified internal strife.
South Sudan's former child soldiers struggle to move on
Yambio, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — When he escaped the armed group that had abducted him at the age of 15, the child soldier swore he'd never go back. But the South Sudanese teen still thinks about returning to the bush, six months after the United Nations secured his release.
Egypt's options dwindle as Nile talks break down
Cairo, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — The latest breakdown in talks with Ethiopia over its construction of a massive upstream Nile dam has left Egypt with dwindling options as it seeks to protect the main source of freshwater for its large and growing population.
Egypt's options dwindle as Nile talks break down
Cairo, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — The latest breakdown in talks with Ethiopia over its construction of a massive upstream Nile dam has left Egypt with dwindling options as it seeks to protect the main source of freshwater for its large and growing population.
Learning to share the savannah with big animals
Tanzania, Oct 21 (AP/UNB) — Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. “If you see a lion,” he warns, “stop and look it straight in the eyes — you must never run.”
Egypt: 4 killed when shells hit 2 houses in north Sinai
El-Arish, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — Egyptian security officials and medics say shells hit two houses in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least four civilians, including a child.