International
President Trump withdraws from World Health Organization on first day back in White House
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a move that has drawn sharp ...
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At least 86 reportedly dead, 55 injured in Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion
Nigeria — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said ...
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Bishop describes horror of South Africa mine rescue operation, as 78 miners confirmed dead
A South African bishop has shared a chilling account of the rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, where the bodies ...
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Ex-Mozambican minister, Chang, jailed in US over $2 billion tuna bonds scandal
A former Mozambique Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, was sentenced on Friday to 8-1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of participating in ...
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Ethnic attacks, hate speech surging in Sudan, UN rights office says
GENEVA — A United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned on Friday that Sudanese civilians were in greater peril than ...
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South Africa’s top banks to face parliament over lending practices
South Africa’s leading banks are set to appear before parliament next month to address allegations of discriminatory lending practices that reportedly disadvantage small ...
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No more illegal miners trapped underground at South African gold mine, volunteers say
Johannesburg – Volunteers working with rescue teams have reported that there are no longer any illegal miners trapped underground at a gold mine ...
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Chapo sworn in following Mozambique’s disputed presidential election
Maputo – Daniel Chapo of Mozambique’s long-ruling Frelimo party has been sworn in as president of the country. Taking the oath in front ...
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Sixty bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine
Johannesburg – South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than two km ...
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Investigators scale barricades to arrest South Korea’s impeached President, Yoon Suk
Yoon Suk Yeol has become South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to ...
