Museveni, 76, won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities Photo: AFP Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni was sworn in Wednesday for his sixth term as president, as police surrounded the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a “sham”. Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took […]
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Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli security forces amid clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 8, 2021. Emmanuel Dunand / AFP Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to violence in annexed east Jerusalem, where clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police have left scores of Palestinians injured. After delivering his Regina Caeli prayer […]
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Palestinians assist a wounded protester run amid clashes with Israeli security forces outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 8, 2021. Emmanuel Dunand/ AFP Tensions ran high Sunday in annexed east Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in a weekend of clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces, sparking global concern […]
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Photo: Moise Vaghemi (L), 33, an Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, gets dressed in a protective suit as he prepares to start his shift at an Ebola treatment centre (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday […]
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Buhari, Blinken United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will meet with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, during his first virtual trip to Africa since US President Joe Biden came into office. Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, in a statement on Monday, said his principal will also virtually visit Kenya after meeting with the Nigerian […]
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Chadian new leader, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (Photo by Marco Longari / AFP Chad’s new ruling junta on Sunday vowed to root out a rebel leader accused of “war crimes”, seeking help from neighbouring Niger to track him down along with his fighters. The army has “located the enemy spread out in small groups, now […]
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This combination of file pictures created on March 17, 2021 shows US President Joe Biden (L) speaking at White House in Washington, DC on March 15, 2021, and Russian President Vladimir Putin speakins at a press conference in Moscow on March 5, 2020. – The US announced economic sanctions against Russia on April 15, 2021, […]
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Russia says retaliation ‘inevitable’ United States President, Joe Biden, on Thursday expelled 10 Russian diplomats as part of stiffer new sanctions being proposed by the new administration against Moscow. He said that the development was in response to Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s US presidential election and hacking of its federal government agencies. Russian […]
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A man holds a national flag as he celebrates with others in the streets in the capital Bamako after a mutiny in Mali. – Photo: Associated Press Presidential and legislative elections in Mali will take place next February, the country’s post-coup government announced Thursday, saying it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. He announced his plans to pull all remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 in a final step towards ending […]
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