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Over 135,000 people displaced in fresh crisis in eastern DR Congo
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says a fresh crisis since last week in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has caused the displacement of an estimated 135,000 people from the town of Sake —- on the northern banks of Lake Kivu.
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Liberia Defence Minister resigns days after appointment
Liberia’s new defence minister on Monday resigned from his post just 10 days after being appointed, following a protest by soldiers’ wives, the presidency said.
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King Charles diagnosed with cancer
King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace revealed in a statement on its website on Monday.
This is coming after the King visited a London hospital last month for a corrective procedure for an enlarged!-->!-->!-->…
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies at 82 – Official
Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob died on Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek at the age of 82, the presidential office said in a statement on X, posted by acting president Nangolo Mbumba.
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UK suspends British-Nigerian Minister over comment on Israel’s actions
A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor has been suspended after accusing Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.
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JUST IN: Burkina, Mali, Niger pull out from ECOWAS
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.
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Saudi to allow sale of alcohol to non-Muslim diplomats
Saudi Arabia has set out plans to allow the sale of alcohol to non-Muslim diplomats for the first time, two sources familiar with the plan told AFP on Wednesday.
Alcohol “will be sold to non-Muslim diplomats” who previously had to!-->!-->!-->…
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Coal miner’s son wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Pugnacious, stubborn, and a “pragmatic worker for Taiwan’s independence”, veteran politician Lai Ching-te will step into the international spotlight as the democratic island’s next president to navigate an increasingly turbulent!-->…
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Ousted Niger President Bazoum’s wife, son released from house arrest
Ousted Nigerien President Mohammad Bazoum, his wife, and son have been released from house arrest.
According to a statement by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar on Tuesday, Bazoum’s wife and the son were!-->!-->!-->…
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South Africa releases former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius ,11 years after murdering girlfriend
South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women.
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