Africa
20 teachers among 30 dead after boat capsizes in DR Congo
KIGALI, Rwanda At least 30 people, most of them teachers, died while several went missing after a boat capsized on...
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Top Burundian official says M23 rebels lying about pulling out from DR Congo’s border city of Uvira
KIGALI, Rwanda Burundian Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana expressed doubt Tuesday about an announcement by the M23 rebel group indicating it...
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ECOWAS rejects Guinea-Bissau’s military junta transition program, calls for inclusive governance
KIGALI, Rwanda The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected a transition program announced by Guinea-Bissau's junta following...
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Court in Benin remands 31, including one civilian, over failed coup attempt
ISTANBUL A special court in the West African country of Benin on Tuesday remanded in custody 31 people, including one...
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Divided by borders, united by blood: Lives caught in Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions
- ‘I left my sister behind with our shared toys and only a blurred memory of her face. She came...
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UNICEF warns of rising displacement in eastern DR Congo as over 100,000 children flee renewed fighting
NAIROBI More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said...
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2 Botswana men allegedly fall victim to deceptive recruitment, end up fighting Russia’s war in Ukraine
Lusaka, Zambia Two Botswana men allegedly fell victim to a deceptive recruitment process, ending up fighting on the front lines...
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Pastoral livestock mobility strategic asset for regional integration: AU
The African Union Inter-African Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) has reiterated its commitment to transforming pastoral mobility into a driver...
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FBI arrests Nigerian Damilola Bamigboye for kidnapping immigration officer to avoid deportation
The FBI has charged Damilola Bamigboye, a 24-year-old Nigerian, to court for resisting arrest and abducting an agent of the...
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Sudan faces world’s largest internal displacement crisis, UN migration agency says
KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan is facing the world’s largest displacement crisis amid over two years of war between the army and...
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