east africa
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
The Nobel Committee Awarded Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed its annual peace prize early Friday morning, lauding the African leader for his substantial efforts in brokering a peace between his country and neighboring Eritrea. The 43-year-old Abiy assumed the role of prime minister in April 2018, and made remarkable strides in his first 100 days…
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124 Dead in Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in Madagascar (We Kid You Not)
Being geography deficient, the only thing that I, like most Americans, knew about Madagascar was that it was Africa-adjacent (it is an island off the coast of Mozambique) and that it had an animated movie named for it. Unfortunately, the nation of 24 million has a point of infamy these days: The island nation is…
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Over 5.5 Million South Sudanese at Risk for Starvation: Report
More than 5 million South Sudanese men, women and children are at risk for starvation, according to reports from the country itself and the United Nations. The South Sudanese government has declared famine in two counties of the country, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three U.N. agencies. The catastrophe is…