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Over 6,000 people in Haiti leave their homes after gang attack killed dozens

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press SAINT-MARC, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the U.N.'s migration agency. Nearly ...

Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians voted Sunday in an election expected to grant President Kais Saied a second term, as his most prominent detractors, including one of the candidates challenging him, are in prison. The 66-year-old president faces few obstacles to winning reelection, five years ...

Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever, officials said Sunday, as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people. Rwanda, which ...

Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change

By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy ...

2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan

By SIMINA MISTREANU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan killed two people and injured dozens of others over the past few days and forced thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous ...

Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot

Associated Press undefined COTONOU, Bénin (AP) — Two men close to Benin's president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of their trial, one of their lawyers said Tuesday. Olivier Boko — a ...