African News
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Tunisian Police Destroy Migrant Camp by UN Office
POLICE in Tunisia’s capital have forcefully removed homeless sub-Saharan Africans who had been camping outside UN buildings in Tunis for…
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Egypt Denies Alleged Plan to Give Missiles to Russia
An Egyptian official has described as “utterly baseless” allegations in leaked Pentagon documents that Cairo planned to secretly produce and…
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Italy Moves to Rescue 1,200 People on Boats
THE Italian coastguard is carrying out two large-scale operations to rescue around 1,200 migrants from overcrowded boats off the coast…
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Man Arrested With Cocaine Concealed in Condoms
A Surinamese man in search of his father in Nigeria was arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at…
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Boat With 400 Migrants Adrift Between Greece and Malta
A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support…
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Killers of Italian Ambassador Get Life Sentences in DR Congo
A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced six men to life in prison for murdering Italy’s…
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South Africa’s Gupta Extradition Bid from UAE Fails
South Africa’s bid to have two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has…
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Uganda’s Minister to Spend Easter in Jail
A Ugandan cabinet minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono is to spend Easter in jail after being charged over a scandal…
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Ghana Deploys Officers to Town Bordering Burkina Faso
THE authorities in Ghana say 1,000 soldiers and police officers are being deployed to a north-eastern border town after gunmen…
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AU Peacekeepers Convoy Hit by Explosion in Somalia
A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest…
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