Africa
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Mali anti-gov't rally turns violent
Jul 11, 2020 07:29Thousands of demonstrators rally in Bamako to demand security and economic reforms in the country.
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Iran, Tunisia stress expansion of bilateral ties
Jul 07, 2020 10:51Iranian Ambassador to Tunisia Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani met with Tunisian Minister of Commerce, Mohamed Msilini on Monday to discuss the ways for further expansion and strengthening of bilateral ties.
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Algeria welcomes remains of fighters against colonization from France
Jul 04, 2020 11:58Algeria on Friday received the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during colonial France's conquest of the North African country that had been lying in storage in a Paris museum.
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Africa: coronavirus cases pass 400,000 with over 10,000 deaths
Jul 02, 2020 03:34The continental caseload crossed the 400,000 mark as of July 1 according to John Hopkins University tallies. The death toll also surpassed 10,000.
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Nigerian govt. has killed six of Sheikh Zakzaky's children: His son
Jun 29, 2020 15:35Son of the Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria described the unfavorable physical condition of his father in prison, who along with his wife, Zeenah, have been incarcerated by the Federal Government since 2015, saying that the Nigerian Government has massacred six children of Sheikh Zakzaky.
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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan likely to reach deal for Nile dam in weeks
Jun 28, 2020 01:22Top officials of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt announced they were hopeful that the African Union (AU) could act as a broker to end a decade-long dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks.
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Pandemic wiped out US credibility as a moral leader in the current international system
Jun 23, 2020 12:40As COVID-19 has threatened human beings and the current world order, US ineffectiveness to strengthen collaboration and solidarity to combat the pandemic and its procrastination to help vulnerable nations, specifically in Africa has clearly diminished its credibility as a moral leader in the current international system.
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Libyan government calls Al-Sisi’s intervention threat declaration of war
Jun 22, 2020 00:17Statements by Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi is equal with interfering in Libya's domestic affairs, according to the Libyan government.
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US-China rivalry puts Africa at risk; Kenyan President warns
Jun 19, 2020 10:30Appealing for international cooperation to face the COVID-19 crisis, the President of Kenya warned that African countries could be in danger of being caught in the crossfire of US-China rivalry and this poses a grave danger for African nations.
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24 killed in army attack on Cameroon English-speaking area
Jun 18, 2020 13:52A Cameroonian military official said 24 separatists had been killed in two recent airstrikes in the northwestern English-speaking region.
