Day: August 12, 2021

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COVID Restrictions Hampered Kenya’s Olympic Performance, Team Officials Say

Kenya’s Olympic team won 10 medals at the Tokyo Games, the most of any African nation. However, Kenyan officials say the medal count could have been even higher if not for the training restrictions brought on by COVID-19. As in past years, Kenya domi...
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‘Lucifer’ Heat Wave Scorches Mediterranean; Dozens Die in Wildfires

The extreme heat in the Mediterranean region continued to trigger wildfires, with dozens of people killed in Algeria, Greece, Italy and Turkey in recent days. The weather system, nicknamed "Lucifer," has unleashed record temperatures, and on Thursday i...
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More Than 50 Dead in Attacks on Mali Villages

Militants in Mali have massacred more than 50 villagers near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. The area has seen increasing violence from armed Islamists, and activists are calling on authorities to act. Militants attacked three villages in n...
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Amnesty: Hundreds of Women, Girls Raped in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Amnesty International said this week that Ethiopian government forces, Amhara region’s militia group and Eritrean forces have been systematically raping and abusing hundreds of women and girls in the conflict in the country’s northern Tigray region.As ...
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