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Somali football referee denied entry to US returns home to hero’s welcome
Somali international referee Omar Artan has returned home to a hero’s welcome after being banned from entering the United States....
Read moreDetailsNiger inaugurates new power plant to ease electricity cuts
In Niger, residents of the capital Niamey have become accustomed to daily power outages. Electricity rationing has been a persistent...
Read moreDetailsChina’s Hengli seeks West African, Middle Eastern oil after sanctions, sources say
China's Hengli Petrochemical, sanctioned by the U.S. for allegedly purchasing Iranian oil, has bought at least 2 million barrels of...
Read moreDetailsZambia gets near-unanimous backing for landmark debt-for-energy deal
Zambia's government said on Wednesday it had received near-unanimous backing from bondholders for an innovative $1.36 billion debt buyback deal...
Read moreDetailsSenegal’s federation explains viral airport security footage ahead of World Cup
Senegal's football federation (FSF) moved on Tuesday to explain social media footage showing their World Cup squad undergoing security checks...
Read moreDetailsMalawian migrants in South Africa prepare for repatriation as protests continue
Hundreds of Malawian migrants in Durban prepared to be repatriated on Tuesday, driven out by a growing wave of xenophobic...
Read moreDetailsCongo Ebola contact tracing is below target but has improved, WHO says
Efforts to trace contacts in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try to contain the country's Ebola outbreak have improved...
Read moreDetailsKenyan police crack down on protest against US Ebola quarantine facility
Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday at hundreds of protesters demonstrating against a quarantine centre, for Americans exposed...
Read moreDetailsDozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks
Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities...
Read moreDetailsSomali soccer referee denied US entry, will miss World Cup debut
The United States has denied entry to soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first...
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