Several dead and around many more wounded Sunday evening after a thunderous car suicide bomber exploded the security gates of an upscale hotel open in the Lido beach area of Mogadishu, Somalia....

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A senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Essam el-Erian has died. El Erian died at a prison hospital in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack. The 66 year old had...

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Wilfred Ndifon, a Rwanda researcher has created an innovative pool testing method that enables multiple people to have their samples tested together for the coronavirus without the need for single tests to...

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first black woman and South Asian American in the role. Once a rival for the top job,...

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Nine new judges were sworn in Monday at Mali’s Constitutional Court in the capital city of Bamako. The ceremony was attended by the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, diplomats and prominent members of...

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Freelance journalist and a symbol of free speech in Algeria, Khaled Dareni, has been sentenced to three years in prison based on accusations of undermining the integrity of the national territory. Three...

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Shipwrecked on the Mauritian coastline of Pointe d’Esny late July, Wakashio, the vessel carrying just under 4,000 tonnes of oil and 200 tonnes of diesel which has already been spilling its contents...

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Eight people have been killed by armed men on motorbikes near the town of Kouré in Niger. The attack took place around 11:30 am 6 km east of Kouré. Six of them...

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The UK will press French authorities to crack down on migrants attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, ministers have pledged. A record number of unaccompanied children arrived in the UK on...

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