Africa
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239ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony
Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...
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253DR Congo jets bomb M23 rebels base as war looms
On Tuesday, a Congolese security official who asked for anonymity said war planes were bombarding the rebel-held Tchanzu area of North Kivu...
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212SOMALIA: Gov’t bans use of the name al-Shabab
It is not the first time the Somali government has coined another name for al-Shabab. In 2015 the government told the media...
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244Rwanda accuses DR Congo jet of violating airspace
Kinshasa has accused Kigali of backing the M-23 rebel group, whose offensives have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of...
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264Thousands protest Rwanda, Uganda in eastern DR Congo city
Protesters chanted for weapons to fight Rwanda, as well as slogans hostile to Uganda, which some also accuse of backing the M23.
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207Criminals target chicken feet sellers in Jo’burg, kill 7
Police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said they had information that "four suspects tried to rob the street vendors selling chicken feet".
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331Woman burns academic papers protesting failure to get a job, university takes away her degree
Ms Soko was awarded a degree in business administration upon completing a four year course with the university but was heard in...
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658Shocking details emerge on how “separate pipeline” been stealing oil from country
The recent burning of a vessel seized on allegations of carrying 650,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta state has also...
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829Zimbabwe approves Africa’s first injectable HIV prevention drug
The 1st 2 injections of Cabotegravir or CAB-LA, are administered 4 weeks apart, followed by an injection every 8 weeks.
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331Burundi president sacks PM after warning of coup plot
The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama...
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421JUST IN: Kenyan Supreme Court confirms Ruto as duly elected President
CJ Koome also said that the the court failed to see how by postponing elections, IEBC was targeting voter suppression.