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Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats might have fared better in Tuesday’s election if President Joe Biden had exited the race sooner. Pelosi – one of the most powerful politicians in Washington –…
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Nigeria has announced that free emergency Caesarean sections will be made available to "poor and vulnerable" women in an ambitious plan to bring down the high number of mothers dying in childbirth. At 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live…
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Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, having promised action on issues including immigration, the economy and the war in Ukraine. He looks likely to enjoy plenty of support for his political agenda in Congress after his…
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Zimbabwe’s government has banned “with immediate effect” police officers from using mobile phones while working. The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty.…
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The Nigerian authorities have dropped treason and other charges against dozens of protesters, including more than 30 children, who were arrested in August after taking part in anti-government demonstrations. President Bola Tinubu had…
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Never in recent US political history has the outcome of a presidential election been so in doubt - this is not a contest for the faint of heart. While past elections have been narrowly decided - George W Bush's 2000 victory over Al Gore…
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A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. A video circulating on social media and shared by rights…
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Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion…
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Fourteen people have been killed in a lightning strike on a makeshift church at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police have said. A further 34 people were injured, police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said. The victims have not yet been…
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At least 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese health ministry said. Two children were among those killed in strikes which targeted 16 areas in the Baalbek region, officials said.…
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