MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — More than 300 Muslim clerics meeting in Somalia’s capital this week have declared their support for the government’s war against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.The clerics issued their declaration following a four-day confer…

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — A red shipping container lies in a school playground in a small South African town.The imposing steel structure has an unexpected function: to help save youngsters in a country gripped by an epidemic of drownings.Within it is …