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Nigeria’s government has a plan for the northeast, torn apart by eight years of conflict with Boko Haram: displaced people will be housed in fortified garrison towns, ringed by farms, with the rest of the countryside effectively left to…
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Any move by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would fuel extremism and violence, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday. He spoke a day after a senior US administration official said US…
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Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's new president, has installed his new 22-member cabinet, with major roles for people who were also in Robert Mugabe's government for years. The appointments have led to some fears among the people of Zimbabwe.…
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Even if European countries closed their borders to migrants and refugees, the percentage of Muslims on the continent would continue to rise over the next three decades, according to a report released Wednesday by the Washington-based Pew…
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Zimbabwe's former first lady, Grace Mugabe, was present at times for talks that led former president Robert Mugabe to resign, says a Catholic priest who helped mediate the talks between the president and military generals who moved to oust…
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Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya - and from there to Europe. He eventually made it to Germany, but only after surviving months of torture and starvation at the…
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Nigeria’s president said on Wednesday the government had started bringing stranded citizens home from Libya after a global outcry over reports that migrants there were being sold into slavery. Muhammadu Buhari’s comments came days…
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In what appears to be his subtle way of announcing his willingness to seek re-election in 2019 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night explained the reason behind having the governors of Akwa Ibom State, Udom…
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A man who went to the doctor in India complaining of abdominal pain was found to have nearly 12 pounds of metal objects in his stomach. Maksood Khan, 28, a rickshaw driver from Satna district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, was…
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Ethiopia says more than 1 300 citizens have been expelled from Saudi Arabia in "recent days" after a warning for undocumented migrants to voluntarily leave the Gulf nation expired. The foreign ministry's statement late on Tuesday came…
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