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US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation
The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with Washington.
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South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave
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The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
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A warming island’s mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
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India’s navy takes control of bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuates crew
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4 officers were among 16 soldiers killed in southern Nigeria during fighting between communities
Defense officials say at least 16 soldiers, including four officers, have been killed in southern Nigeria while responding to a distress call during fighting between two communities.
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Top Senegal opposition leader vows to help win March 24 election, speaking out after prison release
Senegal’s top opposition leader is vowing to help his team win thes March 24 presidential election even though he is barred from the ballot.
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Congo reinstates the death penalty after more than 20 years as it struggles to deal with militants
Congo has lifted a more than two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty as authorities struggle to curb violence in the country.
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All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died
Security forces in Somalia say they have killed all five attackers who laid siege to a hotel in a normally secure area of the capital.
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Survivors of Mediterranean rescue say about 60 people died on the trip from Libya, aid group reports
A humanitarian rescue group says survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey.
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Niger’s junta says US military presence is no longer justified
Niger’s junta says the U.S. military presence in the country is no longer justified after holding high-level talks with U.S. diplomatic and military officials this week, Niger plays a central role in the U.S. military’s operations in the Sahel, and is home to a major airbase.
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European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard
The European charity ship Ocean Viking says it has rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters.
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Senegal’s top opposition leader freed from prison ahead of presidential election this month
Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison ahead of the country’s presidential election later this month.
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Kenyan doctors strike nationwide. Patients left unattended or turned away at public hospitals
Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care.
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‘Prophet’ charged in Zimbabwe court after police say his reclusive sect used 251 children as workers
A man claiming to be a prophet has been charged in a Zimbabwean court after police raided the compound where he led a religious sect and found more than 250 children being kept away from school and used as workers.
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Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital
The Somali extremist group al-Shabab says its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire have been heard.
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Internet outage hits several African countries as undersea cables fail
A dozen countries across Africa have suffered a major internet outage as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures.
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2 men accused of murdering 3 Egyptian Coptic monks appear in a South African court
Two men accused of fatally stabbing three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church in South Africa have appeared in court.
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Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases, in several regions
The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions. The health ministry’s report Wednesday could indicate the disease is spreading among people in Africa since sexual transmission of the virus was first confirmed on the continent last year.
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A decade later, Liberians remember those who died in Ebola outbreak
Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, adding to the region’s economic and political troubles.
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Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says
A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate.
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Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes
A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people attempting the long and dangerous crossing from Africa, A Greek coast guard statement said the migrants, who were found on a beach on Gavdos island Tuesday, were being taken to recep
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Zimbabwe police rescue 251 children used as labor and find graves in religious sect compound raid
Zimbabwe police say they have rescued dozens of children used as labor at a religious sect compound.
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South Africa’s foreign minister says citizens fighting with Israeli forces in Gaza will be arrested
South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home.
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Kenya’s president reaffirms commitment to deploy a police force to Haiti to help quell gang violence
Kenya’s President William Ruto says the country will still lead a U.N.-backed multi-national police force to help quell gang violence in Haiti once a transitional presidential council is formed in the Caribbean country.
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In ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film, what’s his faith? And why is marijuana deemed holy to the Rastafari?
Exceeding expectations, the biopic “ Bob Marley: One Love ” has been a box-office hit in the United States and several other countries.
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Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest
Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, has begun its annual tobacco-selling season with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
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Kenya’s government puts deployment of police to Haiti on hold after chaos grips the Caribbean nation
A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean nation and the announcement by its Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would resign once a presidential council is created.
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British military reports a suspected piracy attack off the coast of Somalia
The British military says that several people have boarded and taken control of a vessel in a suspected pirate attack in the Indian Ocean nearly 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) east of Somalia’s coastal capital Mogadishu.
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Sudan’s military regains control of TV and radio headquarters from RSF after intense fighting
Sudan’s military says it has regained control of the country’s national radio and television headquarters from a rival paramilitary group it has been battling for about a year.
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At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain’s Canary Islands
Spanish maritime rescuers and the Red Cross say two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands.
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South Africa’s ruling party fields election candidates who have faced graft allegations
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress says that it has disqualified some of its senior officials from being candidates in this year’s election because of long-running corruption allegations, but others also facing accusations were cleared to stand.
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Excitement and skepticism meet Algeria’s decision to import beef to meet high demand during Ramadan
Algeria is importing massive amounts of beef and lamb to ensure it is available to consumers who can’t afford locally sourced red meat.
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Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
Once-lush fields lie barren. Mothers, faces etched with worry, watch helplessly as their children weaken from malnutrition. Hundreds of people have died.
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Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
Five of Rashidat Hamza’s six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest which is riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs.
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Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
Police in Nigeria say armed men have broken into a school in northwestern Nigeria and abducted 15 children.
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A paramilitary group at war with Sudan’s military endorses a cease-fire during holy fasting month
A Sudanese paramilitary group battling the country’s military in a nearly yearlong ruinous conflict has endorsed a resolution by the U.N.
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Senegal’s presidential candidates kick off campaigns after violent protests over a delay of the vote
Presidential candidates in Senegal have kicked off their election campaigns, following weeks of violent protests across the African country after the vote was delayed.
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US accuses Zimbabwe of harassing and deporting officials, as relations deteriorate further
The State Department has accused Zimbabwean authorities of harassing and detaining officials from the U.S. development agency USAID before deporting them last month.
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A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
What seemed like an aberration a decade ago when militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Chibok community has become a recurring horror in the country.
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