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©MEXICO CITY — Some 600 migrants from 12 countries were rescued Saturday in Mexico after they were found crammed into two tractor-trailers, the country’s National Migration Institute said.The 145 women and 455 men, who hailed from Central America, Afri…

©MEXICO CITY — Some 600 migrants from 12 countries were rescued Saturday in Mexico after they were found crammed into two tractor-trailers, the country’s National Migration Institute said.The 145 women and 455 men, who hailed from Central America, Afri…

For attorney Esther Agbaje, the desire to make a difference sealed her case for seeking elective office.”I have always had jobs that were in this space of helping people,” said Agbaje, who worked on human rights cases with the U.S. State Department, de…

An estimated 35 schools across Kenya have been set on fire in the last month, forcing many to shut down. Authorities say the fires are being set by students, and have warned that any student caught in an act of arson will be locked out of the education system. The wave of arson began about […]

Climate change-related disasters, such as prolonged drought, floods and locust infestations, have displaced thousands of Somali farmers from their land, threatening food security in the Horn of the African nation. Somalia contributes less than 0.003% of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere — but the impact of global warming is evident in the well-being of […]

Sudanese military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan said Tuesday the army’s overthrow of the country’s transitional government was necessary to avoid a civil war.”The whole country was deadlocked due to political rivalries,” Burhan said at a televised …