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US President Donald Trump has formally launched his re-election campaign, urging supporters to "keep this team in place" for four more years. The Republican president made his case before thousands of supporters at a rally in Florida,…
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Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the army in 2013, has died in court, state TV says. He reportedly fainted after a court session where he was facing espionage charges and subsequently died. He was 67. Morsi…
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Illegal fishing by foreign trawlers is decimating Ghana’s fish populations and costing the country’s economy tens of millions of dollars a year, according to researchers. An investigation published on Monday by the Environmental Justice…
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A woman with symptoms “similar to those exhibited by Ebola patients” is being treated in an isolation ward in a hospital in the west of Kenya, a statement from Kericho county government says. The staff took all necessary precautions and…
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At least 161 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo during several days of fighting last week, a security official has told BBC Swahili. Last week, the Congolese army identified…
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Hong Kong’s most prominent student activist Joshua Wong has called for the resignation of leader Carrie Lam, after walking free from prison. Wong, 22, became the face of the 2014 pro-democracy protests which called for the city to pick its…
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A man with Ghanaian origin, Anokye Andrews, has been jailed in the US in connection with the rape and assault of his stepdaughter following an investigation by Thames Valley Police. Anokye Andrews, aged 44, of Graveney Place, Milton…
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Alabama has signed into law a bill that requires some convicted paedophiles to undergo chemical castration. Under the law, those found guilty of a sex offence against a minor under the age of 13 will have to start sex-drive-lowering…
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Russia has dropped all charges against an investigative reporter accused of drug dealing, after a massive public outcry over the case. In a rare public show of support, Russian newspapers rallied around freelancer Ivan Golunov.…
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A US mother of five children who were killed by their father has asked a jury to spare him the death penalty. Amber Kyzer told a court in South Carolina that Tim Jones Jr “did not show my children mercy by any means, but my kids loved…
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