Somalia's poets keep hope alive for storytelling and for peace
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – In a theater where a suicide bomber detonated years ago, Hassan Barre stepped forward to offer a different hallmark of Somalia: poetry.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children
CAIRO (AP) – A drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, a doctors’ group said. Paramedics on the scene in the town of Kalogi in South Kordofan state were targeted in “a second unexpected attack,” Sudan Doctors’ Network said in a statement late Friday.
Mass shooting at South African bar leaves 12 dead
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16.













