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May 10, 20241 min read
Prince Harry and Meghan talk mental health on first Nigeria visit
ABUJA - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Friday attended an inaugural mental health summit at a school run by a local non-profit...
May 8, 20242 min read
Rescuers search for survivors after South Africa building collapses
GEORGE, South Africa -Rescuers were using cranes, drills and their bare hands to try to reach dozens of people trapped when a...
May 7, 20241 min read
Building collapse in South Africa leaves three dead, dozens trapped
GEORGE, South Africa -Rescue efforts were underway after three people were killed and dozens remained trapped after a multi-storey...
May 7, 20243 min read
Chad vote counting begins after tense first Sahel presidential poll since coups
N'DJAMENA -Chad deployed dozens of security forces in the capital amid rising tensions on Monday as polls closed and vote counting began...
May 6, 20243 min read
Gaza truce hopes slim; Hamas officials leaving Cairo but returning on Tuesday
CAIRO/DOHA -Prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appeared slim on Sunday as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for...
May 5, 20242 min read
More migrant dinghies cross Channel to England despite Rwanda threat
STRAIT OF DOVER - Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands...
May 5, 20241 min read
Togo ruling party wins sweeping majority in legislative poll, final provisional results show
LOME - Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's...
May 4, 20242 min read
Violence shuts crucial aid corridor into Sudan's Darfur, UN agency says
Violence around the city of al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan, has blocked a recently opened humanitarian corridor from Chad and time is running...
May 4, 20242 min read
Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present
CAIRO -Hamas negotiators arrived in Cairo on Saturday for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel...
May 4, 20243 min read
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on
N'DJAMENA - Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West...
May 3, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who are the main candidates in Chad's election?
DAKAR - Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote since a wave of coups...
May 2, 20242 min read
Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes,...
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