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Soldiers in the West African nation of Benin have announced on national TV that they have ousted President Patrice Talon and seized power. A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of…
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At least 11 people – including a three-year-old child – have been killed in a mass shooting at a hostel in South Africa. Fourteen others were wounded when gunmen stormed the venue in Saulsville township, west of the capital Pretoria,…
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Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor (retd.), has stated that some politicians in the country are exploiting and even fuelling insecurity to gain political advantage, warning that Nigeria’s security challenges are far too…
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Online retailers Shein and Temu are facing increased pressure in the US after two senior politicians pushed for investigations, including into claims of forced labour and intellectual property (IP) theft. In Texas, the state's Attorney…
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Venezuela has reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump's statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country's foreign ministry called Trump's comments "another extravagant, illegal and unjustified…
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Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former president have both said they believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau's president this week was staged. Umaro Sissoco Embaló's apparent removal by the military on Wednesday, November 26, came a…
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Tanzania has cancelled next month's Independence Day celebrations, with the funds to be instead spent on rebuilding infrastructure damaged in recent election unrest, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has said. His announcement comes as the…
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Ukraine's security chief says he is hoping to arrange for President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit the US "at the earliest suitable date" this month, as diplomatic attempts to end the war continue. A US official has told the BBC that…
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India's largest conglomerate Reliance Industries, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has stopped importing Russian crude oil for its export-only refining unit at Jamnagar in the western state of Gujarat. The move aims to comply with an…
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More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen. The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303…
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