The European Union’s top general said Friday that Russia is taking the war in Ukraine into a “different stage,” launching indiscriminate attacks against civilians and cities, as a reaction to recent decisions by NATO allies to send advanced armaments t…
Day: January 27, 2023
Clerics in Somalia Vow to Counter Al-Shabab
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — More than 300 Muslim clerics meeting in Somalia’s capital this week have declared their support for the government’s war against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.The clerics issued their declaration following a four-day confer…
South Africa Battles Drownings With Survival Pools
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — A red shipping container lies in a school playground in a small South African town.The imposing steel structure has an unexpected function: to help save youngsters in a country gripped by an epidemic of drownings.Within it is …