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Niger celebrates unity in wrestling arena
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» AGADEZ, Niger - The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent's knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing "Issaka Issaka" an historic win in Niger's king of sports.
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Last French troops to bow out of Africa's Sahel
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» NIAMEY (NIGER) - The last French troops are to withdraw from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region.
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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
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Ex-rebel leader faces extremism charges in Moscow
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A former top commander of Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, Igor Girkin, went on trial in Moscow on Thursday on charges of extremism for criticising the Kremlin's military strategy towards Kyiv.
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'Invisible': Ethnic Albanians complain of erasure in Serbia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» MEDVEDJA, Serbia: On paper, Alimja B. no longer exists in Serbia.
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Burkina, Niger to quit G5 anti-jihadist force
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» OUAGADOUGOU - The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger said Saturday they would quit the G5 anti-jihadist force in Africa's Sahel region, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world's most troubled zones.
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Somalia joins East Africa trade bloc in 'milestone'
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» NAIROBI - Conflict-weary Somalia on Friday became the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) in a move hailed as a milestone for the troubled Horn of Africa country.
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Ivory Coast ex-PM Guillaume Soro says ending exile
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's former prime minister Guillaume Soro, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, on Sunday said he was ending his self-imposed exile that began in 2019.
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Fighting breaks out as Mali army closes on Tuareg rebel town
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» BAMAKO - Mali's army drove closer on Saturday to the town of Kidal clashing with Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in what could signal the start of fighting for the strategically important northern crossroads.
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Mali army closes on Touareg rebel town: sources
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» BAMAKO - Mali's army moved closer Saturday to the strategically important northern town of Kidal that is held by Touareg separatist and rebel groups, army and political sources said.
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