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South Sudan returns deportee from the US to Mexico
South Sudan on Saturday repatriated a Mexican national who had been deported to Juba by the United States in July,...
Read moreDetailsLand quarrels in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump peace deal
Returning to land they fled during a violent advance by M23 rebels, some farmers in eastern Congo have had an...
Read moreDetailsUS, African Union attend second oversight committee meeting for Congo-Rwanda peace deal
Qatar, United States, Togo and the African Union Commission participated in the second joint oversight committee meeting for the peace...
Read moreDetailsVladimir Putin calls Republic of Congo a “friend and reliable partner” of Russia
On the sidelines of World War II’s 80th anniversary celebrations in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Denis...
Read moreDetailsUganda to borrow $400 mln for agriculture, transport projects, finance ministry says
Uganda plans to borrow $400 million from several lenders including Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and a United Nations fund to...
Read moreDetailsNigerian airstrike kills over 15 militia in Sambisa forest hideout
Nigeria's air force killed more than 15 Islamist militia fighters in an airstrike on a their hideout around the Sambisa...
Read moreDetailsMandela’s grandson says Palestinians’ plight is worse than apartheid
Nelson Mandela's grandson has said Palestinians' lives under Israeli occupation are worse than anything Black South Africans experienced under apartheid...
Read moreDetailsLesotho’s biggest diamond mine cuts 20% of workforce as price slump persists
Lesotho's biggest diamond mine, Letseng, has laid off 240 workers, a fifth of its workforce, as it battles persistently low...
Read moreDetailsRepublic of Congo launches electoral roll revision ahead of presidential polls
The Republic of Congo has launched a revision of its electoral rolls ahead of the presidential poll due to take...
Read moreDetailsGhana’s inflation slows for eighth straight month in August
Ghana's annual inflation rate slowed for the eighth month in a row in August, reaching its lowest level since October...
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