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Venezuela has said that its border with Colombia has been partially closed, shortly after opposition leader Juan Guaidó defied a travel ban to cross it. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez tweeted to say the “total, temporary closure” was due…
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Nigeria is to hold a delayed presidential election this Saturday after the initial vote was rescheduled in a dramatic overnight press conference, five hours before polls were due to have opened. The last-minute cancellation surprised the…
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Amnesty International is demanding the immediate release of a Somali poet who has been detained in the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Abdirahman Abees recited poems critical of the government at a hotel in Somaliland's capital,…
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Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese businesswoman nicknamed the "Ivory Queen", to 15 years in jail for smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks. Yang was accused of operating one of Africa's biggest ivory-smuggling rings,…
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Egypt has executed nine men convicted of killing the country's top public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, in 2015. The men were among 28 sentenced to death for their alleged involvement in the car bomb attack that targeted Barakat's convoy…
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An airport worker in southern California has been killed after a tyre exploded during maintenance work, officials said on Wednesday. The accident happened in a workshop at the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana around 23:30 local time…
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Russia’s parliament has voted to ban soldiers from using smartphones while on duty, after their social media use raised issues of national security. The bill forbids military personnel from using a phone with the ability to take…
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US President Donald Trump says a woman who left the US to become a propagandist for the Islamic State (IS) group will not be allowed to return.On Twitter, he said he had instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "not to allow Hoda Muthana…
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The family of Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria aged 15, say they plan to challenge the move to strip her of UK citizenship.Her family's lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said they were considering "all legal avenues" to…
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Ghana and Tunisia have signed two agreements and a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. The three documents were signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of…
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