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Air Strikes, Artillery, Killings in Sudan as Aid Stalls
ARTILLERY fire, air strikes and gun battles rocked Sudan’s capital on Saturday, witnesses told AFP, as the UN urged a…
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Sierra Leone Holds Presidential Election
VOTERS in Sierra Leone were deciding Saturday whether to give President Julius Maada Bio a second term amid high unemployment…
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Egypt’s central bank keeps interest rates steady
THE Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) kept its key overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying commodity prices appear to…
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Nearly 40 Migrants Feared Dead Off Spain’s Canaries
THIRTY-NINE migrants drowned when their dinghy sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spanish non-profit group Walking Borders…
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Mali to Prosecute Those Behind UN Report That Accused Military of Abuses
MALIAN authorities will launch an espionage prosecution against the people behind a U.N. report that accused the country’s military of…
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Rwanda Genocide Suspect to Claim Asylum in South Africa
ONE of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal massacres of the Rwanda genocide nearly 30 years ago…
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Tunisia Doesn’t Want to be Europe’s Border Guard to Slow Migration
TUNISIA’S president said Monday that his country doesn’t want to be Europe’s border guard or a land of resettlement for…
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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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