Associated Reporters Abroad

MOGADISHU, Somalia – To see the effects of a fight against extremists, climate change and the war in Ukraine all come together, one only has to meet Abdi Khadar, who sells camel milk tea, or shah, to customers sitting outside in plastic chairs in the sprawling metropolis of Mogadishu.

ROME -- Italy was all but assured of having its first right wing government since the fall of Mussolini on Sunday, after exit polls showed Brothers of Italy had become the country's largest political party with nearly a quarter of the overall vote, outpacing more than a dozen other parties. That sets the table for Giorgia Meloni, 45, a former Fascist activist who has sent shivers of the spines of more traditional leaders across the 27-nation European Union.

ROME, Italy - Only Silvio Berlusconi -- the billionaire media tycoon whose four tumultuous terms as Italy's prime minister were marred by allegations of corruption, mob links, and the occasional "bunga bunga" sex party -- could turn Italy's normally boring presidential elections into a global news story. Debate on the new president starts Monday.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Recently, Tigrayans opened the door to a peace agreement, offering to withdraw their forces from outside of their province. Tigrayan leader Debretsion Gebremichael sent a letter to United Nations officials this week, calling the withdrawal "a decisive opening act for peace." He hoped the move would end hostilities and jumpstart peace negotiations. \ But Tigrayans and others in Ethiopia don't believe things can return to normal so easily.

ROME, Italy -- Italy reacted quickly to the emergency of the coronavirus' Omicron variant. The country was the first in the European Union to shut down travel from seven southern African countries. The government coronavirus task force pivoted to confront the new threat, further tightening what had already been Europe's strictest anti-Covid measures.

BERLIN, Germany — A new coalition deal, a new government, a new chancellor – three German parties agreed on Wednesday to move forward with a new era even as remarkably, many looked wistfully backwards: The deal brings to a close Angela Merkel's 16 years as leader of Europe's most influential country.

LINDAU, Germany – Within hours of the earthquake that devastated Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula in August, faith-based aid workers were on the scene, comforting victims and helping to pull survivors from the rubble, then providing food and water. "The most important thing in a disaster can be human contact," said the Rev. Clement Joseph, head of the state-founded Social Mission of the Haitian Churches and secretary-general for Religions for Peace-Haiti.