Ugandan forces on Thursday continued to search for an American woman and her local driver after abductors demanded a ransom of $500,000 for the two. The kidnappers ambushed Kimberly Sue Endecott, 35, and her driver on Wednesday while they were on a game drive in the Queen Elizabeth National Park with other tourists, police officials said in a statement. The kidnappers grabbed the two of them at gunpoint and disappeared into the bush. The Uganda Media Center confirmed four other tourists were not harmed.

Venezuelan lawmakers loyal to embattled President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday stripped opposition leader Juan Guaidó of his parliamentary immunity, giving them power them to arrest and prosecute him. The Constituent Assembly, made up entirely of Maduro supporters, voted unanimously for the move. Guaidó constitutionally declared himself interim president on Jan. 23, increasing international pressure on Maduro to step down amid a social and economic crisis in Venezuela.

British Prime Minister Theresa May met with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday to seek a compromise on a plan for the nation to leave the European Union in a little more than a week. May met with her Cabinet on Tuesday to decide on the next steps and confirmed she will ask EU leaders for another extension. Parliament already rejected May’s Brexit transition plan three times and failed to reach a majority on any alternative option on Tuesday. Britain is scheduled to leave the bloc by April 12.

At 2 a.m. on a Friday—hours after Cyclone Idai struck—Robert Koehn and his wife, Karis, bailed water by the bucketful from their home in Lamego, 51 miles inland from the central port city of Beira in Mozambique. 

The American missionary couple with the Africa Inland Mission lived in the village for more than 18 years. They witnessed past storms and had shuttered their windows in advance. 

“We really had no idea how strong it was going to be.” 

At least two people in cyclone-ravaged Mozambique have died in a growing cholera outbreak that has infected 1,400 people, government officials said Tuesday. Since health officials confirmed the first five cholera cases last week, the number of people with the disease has ballooned. Most of the cases are in the capital city of Beira, which is the hardest-hit area and the country’s hub for coordinating the disaster response.

The Central African country of Chad last week marked one year of an ongoing social media blackout, the longest yet on the continent. The absence of sufficient international pressure likely will allow the shutdown to persist.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party is challenging the outcome of Sunday’s municipal elections after losing its hold on some significant cities. Bayram Senocak, the party’s top official in Istanbul, said Tuesday that he filed an appeal to challenge the results in Istanbul’s 39 districts based on reports of irregularities and invalid votes. The ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party won a majority of votes in the election but lost control of the capital, Ankara, to the opposition Republican People’s Party.