Africa
5 killed in Somali capital bomb blast
MOGADISHU, Somalia At least five people were killed and 10 others wounded in suspected suicide bombing in the Somali capital...
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Chinese investors take over Nigeria’s guest houses in Liverpool, to sell on eBay for $2.2 million
A Chinese investment group racing to recover up to $70 million in arbitration awards from Nigeria has concluded plans to...
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Nigeria giant of Africa, home to U.S. largest health budget: Ambassador Mills
Richard Mills Jr, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, says Nigeria is the giant of Africa and home to America’s largest...
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UAE ramps up humanitarian aid to Sudan amid ongoing conflict
ANKARA The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it has significantly expanded humanitarian efforts to support the Sudanese people amidst the...
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Under U-turn, Kenya’s scrapped tax levies may return, renewing fears of unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya’s treasury minister on Monday hinted at the possibility of reintroducing recently versions of highly controversial taxes that...
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Kenyan serial killer who confessed to 42 murders escapes from police custody
NAIROBI, Kenya Thirteen inmates, including Collins Jumaisi, the prime suspect in the gruesome murders of 42 women on Tuesday morning,...
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Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds controversial tax hike law, overturns court of appeal ruling
NAIROBI, Kenya A top court in Kenya on Tuesday overturned a landmark lower court ruling, declaring the contentious Finance Act...
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FACTBOX – 500 days of war: Death, disease, hunger stalk tens of millions in Sudan
NAIROBI - Over 18,800 people killed and at least 33,000 injured in Sudan since April 2023 - Around 10.7 million...
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8 Dead, 37 injured in Uganda bus crash
KAMPALA, Uganda At least eight people were killed and 37 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and...
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Somalia remains one of world’s most serious humanitarian crises: UN
MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia remains one of the world’s most serious humanitarian crises with millions of people exposed to unimaginable suffering,...
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