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Ethiopia Ranked Worst Country for Lack of Toilets
For the second year in a row the charity Water Aid has highlighted Ethiopia's poor record when it comes to access to toilets at home.
On World Toilet Day, it has reported that 93%of Ethiopians lack basic sanitation where they live,…
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US Migrant Caravan: Trump’s Asylum Ban Halted By Judge
A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally.
US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order after hearing…
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Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email for White House Business
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of messages discussing official White House business last year, officials confirm.
A review into her emails revealed she had used her private address to contact government…
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Rescued Migrants Refuse to Leave Ship Taking Them to Libya
Dozens of increasingly desperate migrants rescued by a cargo ship in the Mediterranean have been refusing to leave after it docked in a Libyan port.
Some told journalists they would rather die than be forced to disembark in Libya where…
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Kenya Targets ‘Fish Thieves’ With New Coastguard
Kenya's president has launched the country's first coastguard to protect and monitor its territorial waters.
It will guard against illegal fishing, which President Uhuru Kenyatta says costs Kenya about $100m (£78m) a year.
It is also…
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British PM Battles to Save Brexit Deal and Her Job
Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Thursday to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest and eurosceptic lawmakers stepped up efforts to topple her.
A day after…
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Ethiopia Arrests Former Deputy Spy Chief Yared Zerihun
Ethiopia's former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested amid investigations into corruption and human rights abuses committed by the security forces.
Yared Zerihun, the former deputy head of the national security agency, is one of…
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Cameroon Conflict: ‘We Live in Fear in Bamenda’
We live in fear and are traumatised by the fighting in Bamenda. This once peaceful and lively city in Cameroon has become a battleground between government forces and rebels demanding an independent state for the central African nation's…
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Tanzania Loses Denmark Aid over Rights Concerns after World Bank Scraps Loan
Denmark, Tanzania’s second-biggest donor, said it would withhold $10 million worth of aid money due to concerns over human rights abuses and what it called unacceptable homophobic comments made by a government official.
The decision came…
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Uganda School Fire: Three in Custody After Nine Die In Dormitory
Three students are in custody in southern Uganda on suspicion of starting a school dormitory fire that killed at least nine children and injured 40.
The three had recently been suspended for bringing alcohol into St Bernard Secondary…
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