Africa
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Nigeria on brink of famine amid lack of aid funds
The United Nations’ World Food Program could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living…
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Four dead in army, police clashes in Nigeria
A bloody clash between the army and police in Nigeria’s restive northeastern Yobe State on Wednesday left one soldier…
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Kidnapped UN experts in DR Congo found dead
Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the…
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Former South Sudanese general forms anti-government rebel group
A former South Sudanese army general, who resigned last month, has formed a new anti-government rebel group, pledging to…
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Eight killed, 28 injured in Zambia crush
A human crush at a religious function in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, has left at least eight people dead and…
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Tunisia hands ex-ruler new jail term for corruption
A court in Tunisia has sentenced the country’s ousted dictator, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, and his wife to 10…
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Gunmen kill five policemen in Sinai: Report
Suspected militants in Egypt’s North Sinai Province have killed five off-duty security forces, a report says. Egyptian Rassad news…
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Gambia’s Jammeh ‘emptied coffers’ before leaving
The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, who caused a political crisis in the African country before finally going into…
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Gambia political settlement positive for West Africa: Analyst
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accepted to step down from power in order to stop military invasion of his…
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Ivory Coast clinches deal with mutinous soldiers
A deal has been reached between the Ivory Coast’s government and the mutinous troops, days after a group of dissident…
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Prominent Cleric: Sheikh Zakzaki, ambassador of peace in Nigeria
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Abbas Ka’abi, representative of Khouzestan Province in the Assembly of Experts met with a group of…
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Israel likely behind murder of Hamas-linked ex-pilot: Tunisia
Tunisia says the Tel Aviv regime is suspected of being behind the recent assassination of Mohamed Zaouari, an aviation engineer…
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