Africa
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1.3KEthiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels advance
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s cabinet on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency...
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1.2KWorld Bank suspends aid to Sudan after military coup
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following...
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1.4KSoldiers storm Sudan TV and radio headquarters, detain staff
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KHARTOUM, SUDAN: Soldiers stormed the headquarters of Sudan’s state broadcaster and detained...
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1.5KUN Rights Commission Condemns South Sudan Security Crackdown
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — A United Nations rights commission in South Sudan says...
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1.4KSouth Africa’s Zuma makes first public showing since parole
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Forer South Africa president Mr. Jacob Zuma on Thursday...
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1.9KNo pay for unvaccinated civil servants, says Gov’t
In a circular dated October 14, Health and Child Care permanent secretary, those barred from work will not get paid.
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1.8KSon of Boko Haram Founder killed, says Nigeria’s Military
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria’s military claimed Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader...
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1.0KDR Congo starts Ebola vaccinations in east of country
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KINSHASHA, DRC: Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began on Wednesday in...
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1.3KOver 100 feared dead after vessel capsizes in DR Congo
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KINSHASHA, DRC: More than 100 people are believed dead or missing in...
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1.7KSouth Sudan waives off visa requirements for Ugandans
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government of South Sudan has announced that effective Monday,...
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1.4KRwanda arrests 13 suspected of plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KIGALI, RWANDA: Rwandan police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people...
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2.0KCol Doumbouya: Guinea coup leader sworn in as transitional president
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. GUINEA, AFRICA: Colonel Mamady Doumbouya on Friday promised to respect Guinea’s international...
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1.5KRwandan YouTuber jailed 15 years for anti-Kagame posts
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. KIGALI, RWANDA: Court in Rwanda on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator...
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1.8KFormer deputy speaker shoots himself dead in parliament
A source at parliament said Chiwaya shot himself in the head inside the office of the clerk of parliament, Fiona Kalembera.
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3.5KPROFILE: Who is Col Mamady Doumbouya, the man who led Guinea’s coup?
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. AGENCIES: Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge...
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1.3KOpposition candidate wins Sao Tome presidency
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. SAO TOME & PRINCIPLE: An opposition candidate Carlos Vila Nova has won...
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1.4KGuinea president Alpha Conde detained in apparent military takeover
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. CONAKRY, GUINEA: Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again...
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1.8KTwo killed, five injured in Mogadishu suicide bombing
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. AFP NEWS: At least two people were killed and five wounded Thursday...
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1.6KForty-seven killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attack
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. Burkina Faso’s president declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after...
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1.3KYou’re on your own, Govt tells off its nationals trapped in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, troubled for the last two decades, fell into the hands of the Taliban after it overran the national army, three weeks...
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1.7KZambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win
Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims...
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1.3KHichilema: ‘Cattle boy’ takes Zambia’s top job at sixth bid
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. LUSAKA | AFP: Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s veteran opposition politician and a business...
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1.5KZambia opposition leader Hichilema wins landslide in presidential election
Advertiser's Message Your browser does not support the video tag. LUSAKA, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning...
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1.6KPopular Actress Simela Dies During Child Labour
Alvim Cossa, a longtime colleague, and a friend told BBC News that the country was mourning a great actress and notable producer,...