Tag: Africa

Simone Leigh Holds Court at the U.S. Pavilion in the Venice Biennale

Simone Leigh was on the phone from Venice. It’s not all here…

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BA.2 Omicron Subvariant Driving Most Global Cases, W.H.O. Says

The World Health Organization reported that the highly contagious Omicron subvariant, BA.2,…

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Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates

While health surveillance is weak, he acknowledged, Sierra Leoneans have the recent,…

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‘They Keep Killing Us’: Violence Rages in Sudan’s Darfur Two Decades On

KRINDING, Sudan — A soot-streaked shell is all that remains of Awatif…

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In Africa, a Mix of Shots Drives an Uncertain Covid Vaccination Push

But in most African countries there is far too little of everything…

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Africa Cup of Nations: Soccer Tournament Offers Joy Amid Coups and Covid

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume…

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Amid Coups and Covid, Africa Focuses on What’s Most Important: Soccer

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume…

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Rescuers in Morocco Race to Save 5-Year-Old Stuck in Well for Days

CAIRO — Rescuers working day and night raced against the clock on…

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Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages

LUSAKA, Zambia — There are few nurses in the Zambian capital with…

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