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Aid groups call for more support for Sudanese refugees living in Chad

Since the war in Sudan broke out, some 700,000 of the country's residents have fled to neighbouring Chad. As refugees continue to stream in, aid organisations are calling for more resources to support them.

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IFAD calls for urgent action to tackle desertification

IFAD is calling for urgent investments to empower small-scale farmers to tackle land degradation and desertification

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Biden to strengthen US-Angola ties during Africa visit

U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço in Luanda on Tuesday

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Dozens of young Burundians expelled from Tanzania in recent months

Dozens of young Burundians have been pushed out of Tanzania after being mistreated by authorities, according to NGOs. Young Burundians are heading to Tanzania and other countries in the region as a result of poverty.

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Zimbabwe court strikes down abortion ban for marital rape victims and minors

Zimbabwe Court Strikes Down Abortion Ban for Marital Rape Victims and Minors

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DRC: At least 10 dead and several kidnapped in an ADF attack

"We call on the population to be vigilant and we assure them that we will drive the enemy out of our territory ,"

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Gaza: UNRWA to halt aid delivery through the Kerem Shalom crossing

The UN agency for Palestine refugees decided on Sunday to halt aid delivery through the Kerem Shalom crossing, a main entry point for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, citing ongoing safety concerns along the route.

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Senegal PM says he will continue in his role despite speculation

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Monday said he would remain head of the government rather than preside over the parliament, after his party's landslide election win sparked questions over his political role

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Egypt rallies for humanitarian support for Gaza

Egypt on Monday hosted an international conference to rally humanitarian support for Gaza which has been wracked by more than a year of war between Hamas and Israel.

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UN desertification summit opens in Riyadh

Speakers at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification's COP16 which is taking place in Saudi Arabia warned that action needed to be taken to protect life on Earth.

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Kenya approves roll out of vaginal ring to protect women against HIV infections

Women using the ring have praised its effectiveness, saying they prefer it to daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs.

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Namibia Election: Will SWAPO’s Nandi-Ndaitwah Make History?

With two-thirds of the votes counted from last week's presidential election, Namibia's Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is on track to become the country’s first-ever female president

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Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past

“It is deliverance for my mother now that she finally has closure,” said Monique Fernandes, the daughter of Monique Bintu Bingi, one of the five plaintiffs. “She finally has it recognized as crime against humanity,”

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Yesterday

Film directors gather to celebrate the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival

A lineup of filmmakers, including Sean Penn, Tim Burton, Alfonso Cuaron, Justine Triet, Ava DuVernay and David Cronenberg attend the Marrakech Film Festival and take part in conversations in front of audiences

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Biden arrives in Angola for his long-awaited sub-Saharan Africa visit

In Angola, Biden will announce new developments on health, agribusiness, security cooperation as well as the Lobito Corridor, White House officials said.

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Kenya's Yegon and Ethiopia's Jifar win marathon in Singapore

Kenyan Geoffrey Yegon and Fantu Zewude Jifar of Ethiopia claim Singapore marathon victories, as the race draws over 55,000 runners across five race categories

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Will Biden's visit to Africa align with Trump's vision?

President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in Zambia, Congo and Angola

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ICJ begins hearings in landmark climate change case

The International Court of Justice began hearings on Monday to examine what countries worldwide are legally required to fight climate change and help vulnerable countries

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Drone strikes by Mali's military regime kill 8 Tuareg leaders in the country's north

“Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on December 1, 2024, in Tinzaouatine, near the Algerian border,” s

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Negotiators in South Korea fail to clinch agreement addressing plastic polliution

Negotiators in Busan, South Korea, have failed to reach their goal of finalising a treaty addressing the worldwide crisis of plastic pollution. Some, including delegations from Africa, argued the treaty was too watered down. They have agreed to resume tal

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Sunday, december 1, 2024

Syria launches counterattacks to halt insurgents' advance

The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements and struck Idlib city Sunday to push back insurgents from advancing farther after seizing Aleppo and surrounding strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.

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Senegal demands answers as it remembers a French colonial massacre

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the second World War were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after they demanded their unpaid wages. The French accused them of staging a mutiny

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Namibia opposition candidate furious after voting is prolonged for days

Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) trailing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate. Scheduled for Wednesday, the vote went on until Satur

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Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo's ex-wife to run for president

Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a congress in her native town of Moossou in Iv ory Coast's southeast

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Kenya: Children left behind by British soldiers struggle to find identity

Biracial children from Kenyan women and visiting British soldiers on training have long lived uncomfortable lives in Kenya. Now a local lawyer is taking some of the children to Britain to confront authorities over hundreds of such cases reported over the

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Saturday, november 30, 2024

Ancelotti defends Mbappe while admitting France star 'can play better'

Real have also lost three of their last five in all competitions heading into Sunday's local derby with Getafe, and the recent dip in form will reportedly be discussed by Ancelotti and club president Florentino Perez in face-to-face crisis meetings

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Lebanon: Clean up operations start in city of Nabatiyeh as residents return

Intense Israeli airstrikes over the past two months leveled entire neighborhoods in eastern and southern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut, which are predominantly Shiite areas of Lebanon where Hezbollah has a strong base of support

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Delivery startup makes Black Friday possible for favelas in Sao Paulo

Favela Brasil XPress began modestly in 2020, aiming to meet the needs of residents who constantly had their deliveries denied by companies. Many areas were controlled by drug dealers, and they featured very narrow streets and mixed-up addresses

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Angola railway strategically key to US economy - Analyst

Supported by the US and the EU, the Lobito Atlantic Railway is being touted as a key shipping route for copper and cobalt ore critical to the energy transition - from Zambia and DRC for export to western markets

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Mauritius prime minister wants Chagos Islands deal with UK reviewed

Under the deal which is yet to be signed, the UK would surrender the Islands to Mauritius but keep Diego Garcia which houses a major base for US and UK troops

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Friday, november 29, 2024

Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search continues

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week's landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area.

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South Africa poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday

South Africa is poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday. This is the first time an African country is taking the presidency of a Group of 20 countries.

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Doctors Without Borders Reports Armed Men Threatened Migrants in Mediterranean Rescue

Doctors Without Borders says that armed men threatened some 112 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, then sped away with women and children while dozens of men and boys jumped into the sea.

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Palestinian children line up in Gaza Strip hoping to be distributed a warm meal

Displaced Palestinians queued up with empty pots to receive cooked food from a charity-run kitchen in the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah on Thursday.

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Cute animals feast on Thanksgiving treats at Oregon Zoo

Animals at the Oregon Zoo celebrated Thanksgiving in style on Thursday, enjoying festive treats prepared by their keepers.

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Insurgents breach Syria's second-largest city Aleppo in shock offensive

Thousands of insurgents continued their advance on Friday toward Aleppo city, seizing several towns and villages along the way.

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At least 100 people missing after a boat capsized in northern Nigeria

Authorities have not confirmed what caused the sinking. However, local media reported that the boat was carrying more than 200 passengers, suggesting it might have been overloaded.

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Marrakech Film Festival opens in Morocco with 'The Order'

One of the Middle East and North Africa's largest film festivals opened Friday in Morocco, drawing actors and directors from throughout the world to present 70 features from 32 countries.

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Muddy footprints reveal early human neighbors in Kenya

The footprints were left in the mud by two different species “within a matter of hours, or at most days,” said palaeontologist Louise Leakey, co-author of the research published Thursday in the journal Science.

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Chad's government ends defense cooperation agreement with France

Chad's government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation's sovereignty.

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DRC: Seth Kikuni sentenced for inciting civil disobedience

A Congolese opposition politician has been sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience in what his political party described as a "blatant attempt" by the government to silence its critics.

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UK to change immigration system, reduce hiring overseas labour

The recently elected Prime minister Keir Starmer said Thursday (Nov. 29) he will target sectors that are over reliant on immigration to reform the points-based system.

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Zimbabwe farmers turn to maggot-breeding to survive the drought

After harvesting the insects, farmers turn them into protein-rich feed for their chickens and as garden manure.

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France's Macron acknowledges 1944 killings of West African troops by French was a massacre

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said he received Emmanuel Macron's letter. In an interview aired on Thursday (Nov. 28) Faye said Macron's step should “open the door” so that the "whole truth about this painful event of Thiaroye” can finally com

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Uganda: Former minister calls for relocation of landslides survivors

Irene Muloni, a former Minister for Energy who now serves as the Woman MP for Bulambuli district called Thursday (Nov. 28) for residents to be relocated from the disaster-hit district.

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Moroccan international folkdance festival celebrates cultural diversity

The 13th International Entrerritmos for Folk Dance Festival brought together dance groups from 11 countries.

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Coral reefs at risk: Urgent action needed to prevent collapse

The study, published in Science, analyzed coral populations in Palau's reefs and modeled their responses under various climate scenarios

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Thursday, november 28, 2024

Nigeria seeks to boost economic ties with France as Tinubu visits Paris

For the first time in 24 years, a Nigerian President began a state visit to France on Thursday to boost economic ties and attract foreign investments.

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Amnesty International condemns deadly police crackdown in Nigeria

In a report released Thursday, the group revealed that police killed at least 24 people between August 1 and 10 in six states: Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, and Niger.

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Dozens killed after landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda

At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda, police said Thursday.

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Prince Johnson, Liberian ex-warlord-turned senator, dies aged 72

Prince Johnson, a former Liberian warlord who later became an influential senator, has died at the age of 72. Johnson was a prominent militia leader in Liberia's civil wars from 1989 to 2003.

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UK, US demand Mozambique's government to investigate deaths in post-election protests

The UK and US are among several countries imploring Mozambique's government to look into reports of disproportionate use of force in post-election protests. Since October, more than a dozen protesters and several police officers have been killed the unres

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Lebanese begin street clean-up after ceasefire with Israel

Bulldozers in Nabatiyeh city in southern Lebanon on Thursday started to remove the debris from the old souk of the city a day after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Paris seeks to renew ties with Nigeria as President Tinubu visits France

The Nigerian President Tinubu began his three-day state visit to France on Thursday in a bid to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.

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Mali: 4 Executives from Canadian company Barrick Gold arrested

Barrick Gold confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that four employees from its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and were awaiting trial after their arrest on Monday night.

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Somalia and Jubaland issue warrants of arrest for their respective leaders

The Federal government of Somalia has issued a warrant of arrest for the President of Jubaland state in what can be seen as a reciprocal measure after a judge in Jubaland had earlier issued the same warrant for Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

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Australia's senate considers social media ban for children under 16

Australia's senate is debating a social media ban for children under the age of 16, after the House of Representatives passed the bill. Some argue that the world-first law is essential, but others argue it could lead youngsters to the dark web.

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Taking into account human rights is key in ending AIDS- UN report

The UNAIDS new report titled "Take The Rights Path" brings together the latest research, case studies, and recommendations for getting the world on track.

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World leaders react to ceasefire in Lebanon

The UN chief said Wednesday (Nov. 27) the deal represents “the first ray of hope for peace” in the regional war. South Africa expressed support for the implementation of the agreement in Lebanon and called for a similar move in Gaza.

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Lebanon: Beirut residents and displaced celebrate ceasefire deal

The truce could give some reprieve to 1.2 million Lebanese individuals displaced by the fighting. Across the border, tens of thousands of Israelis had fled their homes due to Hezbollah rockets fired into the country.

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