Aska Makori
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Somalia will talk to Al-Shabaab when time is right: President
Mohamud, who was elected in May after previously serving as president from 2012 to 2017, said past approaches to Al-Shabaab had not worked, and his government was open to alternatives including talks when appropriate.
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Burkina ex-president Compaore ‘expected’ home by weekend
Burkina Faso’s former leader Blaise Compaore, who was forced into exile in 2014, is expected to return to Ouagadougou shortly for a summit of ex-presidents, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. “By the end of…
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Gunmen attack Nigerian presidential advance team
Buhari was not in the convoy when gunmen ambushed the vehicles late Tuesday, injuring two people, but the attack underscored Nigeria’s precarious security situation.
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UK PM Johnson faces parliamentary inquisition after top ministers quit
The exits of Sunak and Javid were announced minutes after the prime minister apologized for appointing a senior Conservative, who quit last week after he was accused of drunkenly groping two men.
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Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
Nineteen people, mostly Israeli civilians inside Israel, have been killed mainly in attacks carried out by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. Three Arab Israeli attackers have also been killed.
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Polish hostage freed in Burkina Faso
In recent years many foreign nationals have been taken hostage in Burkina Faso, which has faced jihadist attacks since 2015 that have left thousands dead and displaced 1.9 million people.
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Release ‘illegally’ detained Tigrayans: Ethiopia rights group
The 8,560 men, women and children there had been subjected to “illegal and arbitrary arrests” on the basis of their ethnic identity and detained since December, said the EHRC.
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Singer R. Kelly gets 30 years in jail over sex crimes
Kelly, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, chose not to speak at the hearing due to pending litigation. The sentence comes just over a month before jury selection is due to start in Kelly’s separate, long-delayed federal…
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R. Kelly, the top-selling R&B star who dodged sex allegations for years
Kelly has long been rumored to be illiterate, which was repeatedly raised during the Brooklyn trial, despite 14 solo albums to his name. His former attorney said Kelly writes in phonetic notes rather than standard…
