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Two AFP journalists beaten, detained in Central African Repulic

-'One of them grabbed my camera and smashed it on the ground,-' Florent Vergnes, one of the journalists, said.

16 Jun 2019 8:05 PM IST

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Mogadishu blasts: 11 killed, 25 injured, Al-Qaida-linked group takes...

The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the blasts.

16 Jun 2019 1:56 PM IST

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Hashtags for hope? The reason why social media is turning blue for...

Netizens are changing their profile pictures to blue with hashtag #BlueforSudan.

14 Jun 2019 6:14 PM IST

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Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda in current outbreak

The first fatality, a five-year-old boy who had crossed into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo, died late on...

13 Jun 2019 2:28 PM IST

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Strike ends in Sudan; shops open, residents remain wary

Doctors close to the protest movement say at least 118 people have been killed since the June 3 crackdown.

12 Jun 2019 4:05 PM IST

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Boko Haram attack: Death toll rises to 37 in Cameroon, 15 terrorists...

The militants carried out attack on region bordering Lake Chad on Sunday night, clashing with the Cameroonian army until...

12 Jun 2019 1:54 PM IST

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Botswana-'s High Court decriminalises homosexuality

South Africa is the only African nation to have legalised gay marriage.

12 Jun 2019 1:01 PM IST

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Rising misery as Ethiopia struggles to stem ethnic tensions

Clashes led to the world-'s largest displacement crisis, with over a million mostly ethnic Gedeos displaced, according...

10 Jun 2019 11:22 AM IST

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Sudan: Death toll climbs to 113 after crackdown on protesters

The country-'s health ministry, however, maintained that only 61 people had lost their lives in the crackdown.

7 Jun 2019 4:43 PM IST

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Sudan violence: -'60 people killed in two-day crackdown,-' says...

The protest movement, in turn, dismissed the generals-' promise of elections within nine months instead.

5 Jun 2019 3:08 PM IST

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2 bodies retrieved from boat off Libya-'s coast; 73 migrants rescued

In recent years, thousands of migrants have lost their lives after undertaking dangerous sea travel on overcrowded...

3 Jun 2019 9:13 AM IST

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Human Rights Watch: Egyptian security forces commit war crimes in...

The report accused security forces of arbitrary arrests including children, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial...

28 May 2019 11:08 AM IST