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Cyprus ex-president Dimitris Christofias has died
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ president says his predecessor Dimitris Christofias has died. He was 72. President Nicos Anastasiades said he…
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Royal police escort bike collides with elderly woman
LONDON — U.K. authorities are investigating a collision between a police motorcycle escorting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and…
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Highest number of people displaced since World War II – Ethiopia tops list
An estimated 3.2 million people were displaced by conflict and drought by April this year OSLO, Norway, June 19, 2019/…
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Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants…
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Egypt ‘angered by calls for Morsi post-mortem’
AFP The former president collapsed in court on Monday Image caption: Egypt is said to have lashed out at the…
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300,000 flee flare-up of ethnic violence in north-eastern DR Congo
Teams have also been deployed to assess the situation and engage with communities and the authorities to help prevent more…
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Northern healthcare firms target new opportunities in Africa
Health sector businesses from the Northern Powerhouse could benefit from new export opportunities across Africa thanks to a recent trade…
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The African oil industry denounces BBC Panorama’s attack on Senegal as a much Ado about nothing
Oil and gas production over the next 10 years would inject billions of dollars into the Senegalese economy and support…
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Innovators from Africa recognised at Commonwealth 70th anniversary
Fifteen trailblazers won the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award, with winners attending a special ceremony on Friday, 14…
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Egypts’s outsted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial
Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a…
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