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Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by armed assailants who stormed his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on 7 July. Here is what we know so far. What happened? A group of gunmen broke into the home of…
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President Salva Kiir has called on South Sudan’s people to work together to try to recover the country’s “lost decade” on the 10th anniversary of its independence. The anniversary is being marked without celebrations due to the Covid-19…
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Former Australian government MP Julia Banks says she was inappropriately touched by a current cabinet minister at Parliament House in 2017. Ms Banks, who made the allegation in a memoir, said the male MP moved his hand up her leg during…
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In 2008, Suldaan Said Ahmed was 15 when his family arrived in Finland having fled the civil war in Somalia. His childhood memory is filled with haunting acts of violence and displacement. “I saw a dead person being driven in a…
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At least 29 people have died and 50 survivors have been taken to hospital after a military plane transporting troops crashed in the southern Philippines, officials said. At least 92 people, most of them army personnel, were on board the…
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The arrest of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has dealt a serious blow to his group, and could even spell the end of his movement. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a group that wants a breakaway state in…
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South Africa’s highest court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison on Tuesday, a landmark move in the country’s long-running corruption saga. The Constitutional Court of…
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The remains of 20 people have been discovered in a boat in the waters of the British overseas territory, the Turks and Caicos Islands. What they were doing in the waters, who they are and how they died remain unknown, though the local…
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Mexico's Supreme Court struck down laws which criminalized the recreational use of cannabis on Monday evening. The decisive 8-3 ruling comes after advocates pushed for decriminalization as a means to reduce drug-fueled cartel violence in…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is due to travel to London “for a scheduled medical follow-up”, a statement from his office says. This is the second time this year that he will have travelled to see doctors in the UK’s capital. He…
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