Detained Mali President resigns to avoid “bloodshed”
Mali’s president said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed” early Wednesday, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed
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Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzania’s third President dies
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Sudan tries Bashir for 1989 coup
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WHO records highest single-day global Covid-19 cases
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Sudan protesters reject anti-Islamist reforms
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Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies aged 59
Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark and daughter of Nelson Mandela has died aged 59.
FAO gets more than $16 million to battle Desert Locust in East Africa
The European Union has contributed more than $16 million to the fight against desert locusts which…
Coronavirus could be airborne – WHO
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