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May 1, 20241 min read
UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda
LONDON - British authorities have detained the first migrants set to be removed to Rwanda under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's...


May 1, 20242 min read
French foreign minister makes unscheduled Cairo stop as Gaza truce talks intensify
CAIRO - France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a...


Apr 29, 20242 min read
Togo votes for a new parliament with stronger say in governance
LOME - Voting got under way in legislative elections in Togo on Monday following approval of constitutional reforms by the outgoing...


Apr 28, 20243 min read
Tennis-Tunisia's Echargui gets chance to realise Olympic dream
LONDON - As a tennis-mad teenager growing up near Tunis it was always Moez Echargui's dream to play at Roland Garros but having entered...


Apr 27, 20242 min read
South Sudanese comedians find laughs in painful past
JUBA - When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers'...


Apr 27, 20242 min read
Some US troops set to depart Chad, at least temporarily
WASHINGTON - The United States is planning to temporarily withdraw some of its troops from Chad, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a move...


Apr 27, 20241 min read
Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
NAIROBI - Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa...

Apr 23, 20244 min read
'Nothing will stand in way' of Rwanda flights after Bill passes: UK PM
London, April 23 - UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak said "nothing will stand in our way" of getting flights to Rwanda off the ground, as the...


Apr 20, 20242 min read
DR Congo should file complaint against Rwanda with ICJ, says Belgian envoy
GOMA/BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo -Democratic Republic of Congo should file a complaint with the International Court of Justice...


Apr 20, 20241 min read
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme, immediate danger'
UNITED NATIONS - Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and...


Apr 19, 20242 min read
LGBT Ghanaians await court ruling on restrictive new law
ACCRA -Members of Ghana's LGBT community and activists are waiting to see whether the West African country's president will sign into...


Apr 16, 20242 min read
Nigerian regulator says no record of child deaths from recalled J&J cough syrup
ABUJA -Nigeria's drug regulator has no record of children dying or falling ill from exposure to a batch of cough syrup manufactured by...
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