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DR Congo and Rwanda agree to ‘de-escalate’ tensions
The leaders are also aiming in the short-term to “create the conditions” for the return to DRC of former M23 fighters living in Rwanda. The announcements came after day-long talks intended to defuse the current…
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Ireland relieved that Sexton to face All Blacks after concussion scare
Sexton will captain a team in Dunedin on Saturday that features just one change from the fifteen that started in the 42-19 first Test loss, with right wing Mack Hansen having shaken off Covid to…
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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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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…
