Africa
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Tunisia: 54 rescued migrants await transfer to detention centre
africanews– Waiting at Tunisia’s port of El Ketef in Ben Guerdane to be transferred to a detention centre, the 54…
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West African leaders meet to discuss Mali coup – what can we expect?
africanews– West African leaders will meet in Ghana on Sunday to decide the thorny question of their response to the…
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“Black Pound Day” aims to celebrate black-owned businesses
africanews– In her London bookshop, Aimee’s shelves are stacked with stories written with her younger self in mind. This is…
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Ethiopia aims to plant 20 billion trees by 2022
africanews– Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is leading a campaign to plant 6 billion trees across the country this year.…
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Health workers in Chad lack access to any vaccines
africanews– At the small hospital near the desert’s edge where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works, there are no debates among staff…
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Kenya Eases Curfew, Other Virus Measures After Cases Decline
republicworld– Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta loosened infection-control measures Saturday after the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country…
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Zimbabwe to sell hunting rights for endangered elephants
(CNN)Zimbabwe will “soon” start selling rights to shoot as many as 500 elephants this year, the country announced this week.…
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Libya: UN backs ceasefire mechanism, urges foreign forces withdraw
africanews– Libyans are flooding the markets In the city of Benghazi on the first Friday of the holy month of…
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Benin awaits results of tense presidential election
africanews– Benin was up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the tense presidential election in a vote that…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: World powers condemn ‘human rights abuses’
bbc– The G7 group of leading economic powers has said it is “strongly concerned” by reports of human rights abuses…
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