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Sierra Leone to take in hundreds of West Africans deported by US, minister says
Sierra Leone has agreed to take in hundreds of West African migrants who are being deported by the United States,...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan marks SPLA Day for first time since 2013 civil war
Celebrations took place at the national stadium in Juba on Saturday as South Sudan marked the 43rd anniversary of the...
Read moreDetailsComoros suspends fuel price hikes after deadly protests
Comoros announced the temporary suspension on Saturday of new fuel prices introduced in response to the Iran war, backing down after...
Read moreDetailsISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces, presidents say
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian...
Read moreDetailsRwandan genocide suspect Kabuga, 93, dies in custody
Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a U.N. court said on Saturday. He...
Read moreDetailsWHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international...
Read moreDetailsCameroon uncovers more than 200 illegal gold mines, mostly foreign-owned
An investigation into Cameroon’s gold sector has uncovered more than 200 illegal artisanal mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, the...
Read moreDetailsWarm words, thin relief: Macron’s Africa financial push under scrutiny
French President Emmanuel Macron jogged with Kenyan marathon star Eliud Kipchoge, spoke with local university students and announced $27 billion...
Read moreDetailsTop ANC official backs President Ramaphosa over ‘Farmgate’ scandal
A top official in South Africa's African National Congress party threw his weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday over...
Read moreDetailsRights group says M23, Rwandan army committed killings, rapes in Congo’s Uvira
M23 rebels and the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions during a month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern...
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