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Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over Mpox outbreak
Sierra Leone, a West African country, has declared a public health emergency following the confirmation of two mpox cases in the region. The ...
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Sudan army reportedly retakes Wad Madani in key victory against main rivals, RSF
Sudan – Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan’s El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by the Sudanese ...
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DR Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels, but fighting persists
DRC – Several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reportedly been recaptured by ...
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Voters in Comoros vote to elect 33-seat parliament amid allegations of plot by Assoumani to install son as future president
MORONI – Voters in Comoros headed to the polls on Sunday to elect the Indian Ocean archipelago’s 33-seat parliament, a year after the ...
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United States reportedly returns $50 million in alleged stolen funds to Nigeria
NIGERIA —Close to US$53 million (£43 million) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, among others will be ...
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Mozambique opposition leader, Mondlane, returns after fleeing on post-election safety fears
MAPUTO – Mozambique opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, returned home on Thursday, after fleeing in the days following a hotly contested October election that ...
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Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau, serves notice of resignation, citing internal party struggles
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his decision to step down after leading the country for nine years. Facing mounting pressure from ...
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France’s ex-president, Sarkozy, goes on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing
Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s ...
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Rwanda backing M23 rebels in DRC, says United Nations experts
Rwanda -Rwandan troops attacked soldiers inside DR Congo and aided the M23 rebel group with weapons and support, a United Nations (UN) group ...
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Mauritius arrests country’s former central bank governor, Seegolam, in fraud probe
Mauritius – Police in Mauritius arrested the country’s former central bank governor on Friday in connection with an investigation into a case of ...