Dozens held hostage in Colombia, rights monitor says

Bogota, Feb 7 (AFP/APP):At least 34 people are currently held hostage in Colombia, experiencing its worst wave of violence by armed groups since a 2016 peace deal ended decades of conflict, the country’s rights ombudsman said Monday. The official did not specify how long the […]

Firefighters extinguish Kenya forest blaze

Aberdare, Kenya, Feb 7 (AFP/APP): A fire that raged for two days in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park has been extinguished after burning through hundreds of hectares of wilderness, a government forest official said on Monday. The blaze started Saturday and dozens of forest rangers, firefighters […]

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