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International Donors Promise $1.5 Billion in Aid to Sudan – UN
INTERNATIONAL donors promised almost $1.5 billion in additional aid for conflict-stricken Sudan on Monday as the United Nations warned that…
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41 Killed as Militants Attack Ugandan School Near Congo Border
UGANDAN authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people — including 38 students — who were burned, shot or hacked to…
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Sierra Leone Opposition Calls For Election Chief to Resign
Sierra Leone’s leading opposition candidate has called for the country’s electoral commissioners to resign a week before a presidential poll,…
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Sudanese Army Accuses Paramilitary of Killing West Darfur Governor
THE Sudanese army on Wednesday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of “kidnapping and assassinating” the governor of West Darfur…
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Scores Drown in Greece’s Deadliest Migrant Shipwreck
AT least 78 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and more were feared missing after their overloaded boat capsized and sank…
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Soldier Guilty in Rwanda’s Genocide Dies in Niger
A former lieutenant colonel convicted of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994 has died in Niger after an appeal for…
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Nine killed in Extremist Attack on Beachside Hotel in Mogadishu – Police
POLICE in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel…
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Nigeria is No Father Christmas …
…Tinubu Tells Neigbouring Countries PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu says the removal of fuel subsidy is another way of discouraging smugglers, adding…
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Sudan Declares UN Envoy ‘persona non grata’
THE Sudanese government has declared United Nations envoy Volker Perthes “persona non grata,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. “The…
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US Suspends All Food Aid for Millions in Ethiopia
THE United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa’s second most-populous…
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