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US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November’s election. “Well, we’ll have to see what happens,” the president told a news conference at the White House. “You know that.” Mr…
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West African leaders have indicated they might lift the sanctions they have imposed on Mali following last month’s coup. Their envoy, the former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, said on his arrival in Mali that the military…
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The Ivorian government plans to release the associates of opposition leader Guillaume Soro, a spokesperson has been quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. Government spokesperson Sidi Tiémoko Touré did not state the number of people to…
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The richest person is China is a bottled water tycoon, knocking Alibaba founder Jack Ma from his mantle. Zhong Shanshan founded Nongfu Spring in 1996 in the Zhejiang province on China's Eastern coast. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index now…
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The head of Mali’s military government, Colonel Assimi Goita, has called on West African leaders to lift economic sanctions imposed in the wake of last month’s coup, following the nomination of a civilian interim president. Mali’s…
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The US coronavirus death toll has passed 200,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). More than 6.8 million people are known to have been infected in the US, more than in any other country. The milestone comes amid…
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A protester was killed and others injured in Cameroon during anti-government protests held across the country on Tuesday, according to the opposition party’s lawyer. The lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, tweeted a video of a protester lying…
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Tensions between the US and China came to the fore of the annual UN General Assembly in New York, with US President Donald Trump blaming China for the spread of coronavirus. He called for China to be held “accountable” for the pandemic.…
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Seven of the 219 prisoners who escaped from Singila prison in north-east Uganda have been captured. The prisoners shot and killed a soldier who tried to intercept them, before heading for Mount Moroto on Wednesday afternoon. Prisons…
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The US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday bluntly contradicted President Donald Trump’s suggestion that a coronavirus vaccine may be only weeks away, warning Americans they cannot trust the president’s word. “The…
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