Africa
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Explosion near US embassy in Cairo
Sep 04, 2018 17:08An explosion has rocked the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, after a man threw an explosive device at a nearby building, sparking chaos in the area.
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Rwandans cast their votes in parliamentary elections
Sep 03, 2018 20:40Rwandans have cast their votes in parliamentary elections that are expected to shore up the power of President Paul Kagame's ruling party a year after his re-election.
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400 inmates break out of prison in Libya
Sep 03, 2018 08:08Some 400 people have reportedly escaped from a prison in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli. The area has been engulfed in heavy infighting between rival militias for days.
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Amnesty : Nigeria must investigate disappearances
Sep 01, 2018 09:13Amnesty International called on Abuja to clarify the fate of hundreds of Shia activists taken into custody.
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Merkel in Nigeria: Migration in focus at end of Africa trip
Aug 31, 2018 15:53German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in the last leg of her trip to three African countries.
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Military helicopter crashes in Ethiopia, 18 dead
Aug 31, 2018 08:14A military helicopter crashed in Oromiya region of Ethiopia in which all its' eighteen passengers on board have died.
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German Chancellor begins West African tour
Aug 31, 2018 07:54German Chancellor arrived in Senegal , at the start of a west African tour, with Berlin hoping that development of the continent will help stem migration.
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May holds meeting with Uhuru Kenyatta
Aug 30, 2018 15:22UK Prime Minister Theresa May meets Kenyan president during her official visit to Kenya after touring South Africa and Nigeria.
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South African Malema challenging May visit to call withdrawal from Commonwealth
Aug 29, 2018 17:51South Africa’s vocal opposition politician, Julius Malema has challenged Africans to work towards having a decolonized continent, adding that the journey can start with small steps before taking on grand ambitions.
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South Africa's ruling party to seek land expropriation without compensation
Aug 28, 2018 21:02South Africa's ruling party said that an expropriation bill passed by parliament to redress racial disparities in land ownership had been withdrawn.
