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Burundi suspends dealings with UN human rights body 11 Oct 2016 - 05:59 pm
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Nigeria: Lawmakers blast 'gestapo' raids on judges 11 Oct 2016 - 03:57 pm
Senate President Bukola Saraki
Swedish peacekeepers kill attempted Mali suicide attacker: UN 11 Oct 2016 - 02:12 pm
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Central African Republic, Chad, Zambia top global hunger index 11 Oct 2016 - 11:09 am
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Three killed in Burundi as toll from political violence rises 11 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am
The African country has been gripped by political strife since President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in 2015, which opponents said violated the constitution and terms of a peace deal that ended civil war in 2005.
South Sudan says rebels kill 21 civilians in ambush 10 Oct 2016 - 02:31 pm
Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk in front of a bushfire in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Congo opposition leader arrested over deadly anti-government protests 10 Oct 2016 - 01:21 pm
Congolese civilians walk past a house and vehicles which were burnt during anti-government protests / Reuters.
Ethiopian emergency laws not 'blanket' 10 Oct 2016 - 01:10 pm
Minister of the Ethiopian Government Communication Affairs: Getachew Reda.
At least 10 dead as army, Ugandan rebels clash in DR Congo: activists 10 Oct 2016 - 12:03 pm
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Kenya forcing refugees back to Somalia: NGO 10 Oct 2016 - 09:49 am
File photo of a Somali girl accompanying women bringing firewood to the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somali border. Photo by Eduardo De Francisco/Reuters
Ethiopia declares state of emergency to stop protests 09 Oct 2016 - 02:25 pm
Men walk past a bus that was torched during protests in the town of Sebeta, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 8, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Some South African universities to reopen despite student fee protests 09 Oct 2016 - 01:36 pm
Students protest over planned increases in tuition fees in Stellenbosch, October 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
South Africa basks in continent's first solar-powered airport 09 Oct 2016 - 08:20 am
A passenger commercial aircraft on the runway at George Airport before take off, as solar panels are seen in the foreground. AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
At 85, Tutu says wants choice of assisted death 07 Oct 2016 - 04:46 pm
South African retired Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu is pictured during a tea party held to mark his 85th birthday on October 7, 2016 in Cape Town. (AFP / Rodger Bosch)
In South Africa's deep mines, drones may soon go where humans should not 06 Oct 2016 - 05:33 pm
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Emergency hunger levels likely to hit Madagascar by year-end - U.N. 06 Oct 2016 - 04:24 pm
ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR - OCTOBER 5: Madagascarian people are seen during their traditional exhumation ceremony in Nanjakana Morarano village of Antananarivo's Ambohitseheno city of Madagaskar on October 5, 2016. ( Rafalia Henitsoa - Anadolu Agency )
Eleven killed, 14 missing in Central African Republic clashes 06 Oct 2016 - 03:46 pm
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Six killed in attack in northeast Kenya 06 Oct 2016 - 02:26 pm
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Americas

Peninsula 11 killed in traffic accident in northeast Brazil
A sign reads Canadiano instead of Americano coffee at the booth of Partner country Canada at the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair for mechanical and electrical engineering and digital industries, on March 31, 2025 in Hanover, northern Germany. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN / AFP) Canada candidates promise less reliance on US a month before vote
Elon Musk gives a $1 million check made to the order of Ekaterina Diesler during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Robin LEGRAND / AFP) Musk deploys wealth in bid to swing Wisconsin court vote
US President Donald Trump listens to a question while speaking to members of the press while returning to Washington, DC on Air Force One on March 30, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Trump says Zelensky trying to "back out" of rare earth minerals deal with US

Gulf

Peninsula GCC welcomes Khujand Declaration on border cooperation between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed (L) his grandson Ghassan and his granddaughter Fajr, work on bishts, inside Mohammed's workshop in the oasis city of Hofuf, in Saudi Arabia on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) 'My entire life': Saudi tailor keeps robe-making craft alive
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Middle East

US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 25, 2025. (Photo by John McDonnell for The Washington Post) Video: Trump eyes visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE next month
Peninsula Death Toll of Journalists in Gaza Rises to 209 Since Start of Israeli Assault
A boy sits in the back of a tricycle cart with sacks of flour provided by the Turkish disaster relief agency AFAD, received from a supply centre affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in al-Tifah neighbourhood of Gaza City on April 1, 2025. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP Rights monitor calls for sanctions on Israeli occupation over Gaza crimes
Photo used for representational purposes. Women gather in mourning outside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2025 as the bodies of Palestinian first responders who were killed a week before in Israeli military fire on ambulances arrive at the facility. Photo by AFP. Death toll in Gaza rises to 50,399, with 114,583 injured

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