This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.It was...

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The Bureaucrat From Buffalo Who Pushed Somalia to the Brink

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NAIROBI, Kenya — During his years as an administrator at the Department of Transportation in upstate New York, the Somali refugee turned U.S. citizen...

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Crossing the Niger River, Inch by Painful Inch, Hour by Wasted Hour

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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.ON THE RIVER NIGER BRIDGE,...

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2 Spanish Journalists and an Irish Ranger Killed in Burkina Faso Ambush

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Africa’s already slow vaccine drive is threatened as supplies from a stricken India are halted.

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find...

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Macron Attends Funeral for Chad’s Slain President

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With rebel soldiers threatening to advance on the capital and the future stability of the country uncertain, Chad held a funeral Friday for President...

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Where Did Chad Rebels Prepare for Their Own War? In Libya.

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The rebels pulled off a stunning feat. Barely a week after their armed convoy roared across the desert into northern Chad,...

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Idriss Déby Dies at 68; Poor Herder’s Son Became Chad’s Longtime Autocrat

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NAIROBI, Kenya — It was a point of pride for Idriss Déby, the leader of Chad, a vast African country at the crossroads of...

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President of Chad Is Killed as Soldiers Clash With Rebels

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NDJAMENA, Chad — President Idriss Déby of Chad died of wounds sustained in clashes between insurgents and government soldiers, the country’s armed forces said...

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Eritrean Troops Continue to Commit Atrocities in Tigray, U.N. Says

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrean troops continue to commit atrocities in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, despite assurances by Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed,...

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With a New Museum, African Workers Take Control of Their Destiny

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AMSTERDAM — When the Dutch artist Renzo Martens presented his film “Episode III: Enjoy Poverty” at Tate Modern in London in 2010, he couldn’t...

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