Africa
6 students hit by lightning in Malawi, 4 die
LILONGWE, Malawi Four students died while two others suffered serious injuries when lightning hit them in the Southern African country...
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Chad ends military cooperation with France
KIGALI, Rwanda Chad announced Thursday that it has ended an agreement with France aimed at strengthening cooperation in security and...
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113 missing after landslides bury houses in eastern Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda At least 113 people are still unaccounted for as the death toll from massive landslides in eastern Uganda...
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Senegal’s President Faye seeks withdrawal of French troops
NAIROBI, Kenya Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye seeks to end to the presence of French troops in the West African...
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8 killed as Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces target villages
KHARTOUM, Sudan At least eight people were killed and several others injured in renewed attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support...
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4-way meeting explores efforts to reach cease-fire in war-torn Sudan
CAIRO Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the US held talks to reach a cease-fire in war-torn...
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Namibia’s general election: Will the country get its first female president?
JOHANNESBURG Namibians will be heading to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president and members of the National...
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Death toll in Tanzania’s building collapse in Kariakoo rises to 29 as rescue efforts end
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania The death toll from the collapse of a four-story building in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam's bustling...
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African displacement tripled to 35 million in 15 years: Report
MOGADISHU, Somalia The number of people living in internal displacement on the African continent has tripled to 35 million in...
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Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam gets 1st aid trucks in ‘many months’: UN food agency
GENEVA World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday said that its food trucks arrived in North Darfur’s Zamzam camp last Friday,...
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