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Over 59 million internally displaced in 2021
A record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, 4 million more than in 2020, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.
For the past 15 years, m...
WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa
The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic.
In its wee...
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Triple crisis in Africa worsened by Ukraine war: UN chief
The war in Ukraine is aggravating a triple food, energy and financial crisis across Africa, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
It is a human tragedy which can have "a dramatic impac...
Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence
Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk.
The malnourished baby has been struggling to feed since birth as her mother hasn't had enough to eat ...
Russian mercenaries are Putin's 'coercive tool' in Africa
When abuses were reported in recent weeks in Mali — fake graves designed to discredit French forces; a massacre of some 300 people, mostly civilians — all evidence pointed to the shadowy mercenari...
Morocco’s king says boy, 5, trapped in deep well has died
A 5-year-old boy who was trapped for four days in a deep well in Morocco has died, the royal palace said Saturday.
Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a stat...
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Gunfire near home of Burkina Faso’s leader after army mutiny
Gunfire rang out late Sunday near the home of Burkina Faso’s embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, raising the specter that a military coup might still be under way after mutinous soldiers...
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Potential of big Bangladesh, African markets remain unrecognized: S African Minister
South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor has said the great potential of African and Bangladeshi markets still remain unrecognized.
“The pote...
Nigeria building collapse deaths climb to 36, dozens missing
The number of bodies recovered from a collapsed high-rise apartment building in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 36, an emergency official told The Associated Press Thursday.
Ibrahim Farin...
Urgent efforts to calm Ethiopia as war reaches one-year mark
Urgent new efforts to calm Ethiopia’s escalating war are unfolding Thursday as a U.S. special envoy visits and the president of neighboring Kenya calls for an immediate cease-fire while the country ...