Africa
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Tunisian teachers rally to protest work conditions
Feb 07, 2019 07:42Thousands of Tunisian teachers rallied on Wednesday near the prime minister's office to demand better work conditions and higher wages.
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Russia may set up Red Sea Naval Base after deal on port calls
Feb 06, 2019 10:43A deal between three African countries and Russia on navy port visits could morph into permanent Russian military presence on the Red Sea coast, the head of Sudan’s parliamentary defense committee said.
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Suicide car bomb explosion in Somalia leaves casualties
Feb 04, 2019 14:54A suicide car bomb exploded outside a military base for Ethiopian soldiers in southern Somalia on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of casualties, a police official said.
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Boko Haram kills 60 in Nigeria
Feb 02, 2019 10:42Amnesty International said an attack by the Boko Haram terrorist group on Nigeria’s northeastern town of Rann has left at least 60 people dead, denouncing Nigerian authorities for their failure to protect civilians.
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Protesters hit with tear gas in Sudan
Feb 01, 2019 10:40Sudanese security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere on Thursday.
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Mass graves of ethnic clashes' victims discovered in western Congo
Jan 31, 2019 15:27An investigation by UN in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has unearthed mass graves of latest ethnic clashes between two tribes which killed hundreds of people.
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30,000 Nigerians flee to neighbouring borders in weekend: UN
Jan 30, 2019 17:2030,000 People living in northeast Nigeria fled their homes last weekend when escalating attacks by Boko Haram terrorists became intolerable, and a grave danger to their lives.
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Ethiopians protest in Tel Aviv to condemn Israeli police brutality
Jan 30, 2019 14:40Ethnic Ethiopians in the occupied Palestinian lands staged a rally in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to protest against Israeli police brutality and to condemn Israeli racism.
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Iranian official: US withdrawal from JCPOA harms int'l community
Jan 27, 2019 09:24Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs said on Saturday that the US unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will hurt the international community.
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Bashir has to go: Sudan opposition leader
Jan 26, 2019 07:42The leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party demanded that President Omar al-Bashir’s administration bow to mass protests and step down, in an address to hundreds of party supporters in a mosque near Khartoum on Friday.
