africa
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AU urges probe into deaths of Africans at Spain-Morocco border
At least 23 migrants died and 140 police officers were wounded in the ensuing violence, according to Moroccan authorities. It was the heaviest toll in years from such attempts to cross the frontier at Melilla.
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Detained Tunisia ex-PM Jebali hospitalised: lawyer
Jebali, a former senior official in the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party that is a key rival of President Kais Saied, was detained in relation to transfers of large sums of money from overseas to a charity…
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South African police seek clues after 21 teens die in bar
Most of the victims, some as young as 13 years, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern city of East London. Some died later in hospital.
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Has the Tanzanian Government started opening up to ‘Katiba mpya sasa’?
The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) said earlier this week it had agreed to revive a stalled process to review the constitution “for the greater national interest”.
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Naomi Osaka’s HANA KUMA received differently by African swahili speakers
The use of the phrase has triggered an online discussion, memes and funny comments in Kenya with many users calling on Osaka, whose father was born in Haiti and whose mother is Japanese, to reconsider.
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Prince Charles pays tribute to genocide victims in Rwanda
Rwanda, a former German and Belgian colony, joined the Commonwealth in 2009 and has in recent years moved closer to the English-speaking world.
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Tanzania accuses Kenyan Maasai of backing opponents to wildlife protection area
Home Affairs Minister Hamad Masauni last week asked for stern measures to curb an “influx of illegal immigrants, most of whom drove their flocks of cattle, goats and sheep into Loliondo Game Controlled Area”.
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Over 130 Malian civilians ‘systematically’ killed by suspected jihadists
Central Mali has been plagued by violence since the Al-Qaeda-affiliated organisation emerged in 2015. A large part of the area is beyond state control and is prone to violence by self-defence militias and inter-community reprisals.
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Former Ugandan presidential candidate Kizza Besigye charged again with inciting violence
The four-time presidential candidate was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly inciting violence, the second time he has been slapped with that charge in recent weeks.
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Thousands flee as jihadist attacks resume in Mozambique
Four people were beheaded in the remote village of Natupile, terrified residents fled the area
