Madagascar ex-Senate president sentenced to 10 years over protest crackdown
Madagascar's former Senate president Richard Ravalomanana was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour on Tuesday after…
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DRC: Schools reopen in ebola epicentre despite concerns
As students around the world prepare to go back to school, the beginning of the academic year in the Democratic…
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Nigeria confirms planned withdrawal of US troops sent to help tackle insecurity crisis
Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed the planned withdrawal of around 200 U.S. troops sent to help the West African country…
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Burkina Faso farmers growing pineapples amid push for self-sufficiency
Arid, landlocked Burkina Faso is far from the lush setting usually needed to grow tropical fruit. But here in…
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Multimillion-rand drug lab suspects appear in S.Africa court
The suspects, including Mexican, Mozambican, Zimbabwean and South African nationals, face charges related to drug…
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Activists blame Kenya for Ugandan opposition figure's plight
A coalition of Ugandan and Kenyan activists on Tuesday blamed Kenya for the plight of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza…
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23 sexual assaults reported in Ceuta after migrant influx
Spanish prosecutors say 23 sexual assault cases, including nine involving children, have been reported in Ceuta since…
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Former French PM Edouard Balladur dies aged 97: family
Balladur, who was born in Turkey, served as President Francois Mitterrand's last prime minister from March 1993 to May…
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Zambia's Hichilema sworn in for a second term after tense vote
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema pledged to build on the economic turnaround achieved during his first term as he…
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Senegal and IMF agree new $2.2 billion loan programme
Senegal has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a new $2.2 billion debt programme, the…
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Guinea-Bissau votes 'yes' in referendum for new constitution
Under the new text, the country will abandon the old system whereby the prime minister came from the parliamentary…
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Chinese President Xi starts state visit to Egypt with energy, AI on agenda
The leaders are expected to sign agreements on artificial intelligence, transport, energy and investment in the Suez…
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Flights resume after Kenyan aviation workers call off strike
Kenyan aviation workers have called off a strike that paralysed the country's main international airport for two days,…
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Madrid pledges €306 million in additional aid for Ceuta
Spain's government has approved more than 300 million euros in additional aid for its North African exclave of Ceuta.…
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Tunisia's President Saied hosts German FM, calls for 'balance' in EU ties
Tunisia's president Kais Saied welcomed Germany's Foreign Minister to Tunis on Monday for talks on ways to develop…
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Zambia's Hichilema sworn in for a second term, Mundubile in jail
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in for a second term Tuesday with the main opposition leader, who was…
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'Nobody will replace him': Argentina fans react to news of Messi's retirement
Football fans in Buenos Aires reacted with shock and sadness on Monday to the news that Argentina superstar Lionel…
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Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang leader, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996…
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Five Ebola survivors discharged as DRCongo’s case count breaks 6,000
Health workers and officials leading the Ebola response celebrated the five's discharge, with the head of the response…
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South Africa airline causes uproar after daring stadium flyover
Airlink, Southern Africa’s premier airline, released a statement assuring the public that the events were planned and…
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UN panel urges states to confront slavery’s legacy with reparations
A UN committee has called on countries to adopt comprehensive reparations for people of African descent, arguing that…
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Messi retires from International football after 21 years with Argentina
Lionel Messi has retired from international football at 39, ending a remarkable 21-year career with Argentina just…
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Guinea-Bissau votes on stronger presidency as military transition nears end
Guinea-Bissau voted Sunday on a proposed new constitution that would significantly strengthen presidential powers and…
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Ethiopia backs executive presidency plan, raising fears of power grab
Ethiopia’s national dialogue has endorsed constitutional changes that would merge the roles of prime minister and…
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DRC Ebola outbreak surges past 6,000 cases as death toll nears 3,000
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and killed 2,911 people,…
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Haiti mourns victims of Kenscoff gang attack as fear grips community
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a church near Haiti’s capital on Sunday to bury victims of a brutal gang attack that…
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Spain PM Pedro Sanchez rules out Moroccan role in Ceuta migrant surge
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there is no evidence that Moroccan authorities were involved in the sudden…
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Algeria moves to restore death penalty for deliberate forest fires
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the introduction of the death penalty for deliberately setting…
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Notting Hill Carnival kicks off in a burst of colour and Caribbean tradition
London’s Notting Hill Carnival got underway on Sunday with revellers covered in oil and paint as the annual celebration…
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Zambia's Shaolin temple offers a softer face of China
'It gives hope for their lives': Africa's first Shaolin temple in Zambia's capital Lusaka trains students in Shaolin…
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Iran strikes US bases in Jordan in response to US attack, state TV reports
Latest Iranian state television visuals showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at US bases in…
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Passengers face long delays as Kenyan airport workers call strike
Passengers at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport faced long delays on Sunday after Kenyan air traffic…
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Vote counting underway in Guinea-Bissau referendum that could expand presidential powers
Ballot counting begins in military-run Guinea-Bissau after voting ended in a referendum that could expand the…
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Calm returns to Niger's capital one day after failed army mutiny
Life in Niamey returned to normal on Sunday, one day after Niger’s military regime put down a mutiny by soldiers.
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Libya's rival administrations agree to hold elections within 2 years
Libya’s rival administrations agreed on Sunday to hold elections within the next two years with a view to reunifying…
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Guinea-Bissau votes in referendum to expand presidential powers
Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. The changes would…
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