I have been to Auschwitz. I went alone, and I am profoundly glad I did. I went alone because what I knew, before I even boarded the plane, was that this was not a trip I could share. Not that day and not in that place. There are things that need to move through you […]
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Part of an ongoing series on African safaris; different countries, radically different experiences. Start here if you’re trying to figure out where on this extraordinary continent to begin. About the Author I’ve been on safari across both East and Southern Africa. From tracking the Great Migration across the Maasai Mara and Serengeti, to gorilla trekking in […]
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Israel has opened an embassy in Zambia, more than half a century after it was shuttered following the Yom Kippur war and as the African nation’s Jewish population has dwindled to near zero. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday. “It’s an honor to be […]
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An estimated 50,000 to 500,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa die from Trypanosomiasis (also known as Sleeping Sickness) in an average year. Caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei, it is transmitted by the tsetse fly that is found only in the southern part of that continent. When left untreated, it is usually fatal. […]
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