Born into an aristocratic British family, he turned his empathy and knowledge of the world’s largest land mammals to the cause of saving them from poachers.
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Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes — priceless items looted during colonialism — to Nigeria, but political infighting has jeopardized the ability to display and maintain the masterpieces. Our reporter, Alex Marshall, traveled to Nigeria to see some of the Bronzes.
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By Alex Marshall, Stephen Tayo, Nikolay Nikolov and Christina Thornell
A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for hours, appeared on television Sunday night and said the coup plot would “not go unpunished.”
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By Amelia Nierenberg, Saikou Jammeh and Ephrat Livni
Laduma Ngxokolo, the designer behind MaXhosa Africa, is on a mission to embrace his country’s history and traditions, rather than hide from them.
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The police said they were searching for three assailants who opened fire, shooting 25 people. A 3-year-old boy was among the dead, while 13 survivors were being treated in the hospital.
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The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.
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President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
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The president trumpeted a peace pact in a meeting with the two countries’ leaders that includes incentives for U.S. access to minerals. Fighting in eastern Congo has continued in the months since an earlier agreement.
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By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Saikou Jammeh and Ruth Maclean
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.
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The sentencing of Ayachi Hammami, a prominent human rights lawyer, was the latest sign of Tunisia’s backsliding into authoritarianism, say rights groups.
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For generations of Algerians, the fierce independence of her persona reflected their struggles in a country torn by civil war and repression.
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The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power and lead by proxy.
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