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With shouts and machine guns, war plays out as half Sudan needs aid
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» KHARTOUM - On a sandy lot below a Khartoum apartment building, helmetless Sudanese soldiers in a mishmash of uniforms raised their fists as machine gunners blasted away from atop two small trucks.
Macron minister raises eyebrows with racy novel
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» PARIS - A new novel by French President Emmanuel Macron's heavyweight finance minister, containing one breathlessly erotic passage that has gone viral, has forced the government to explain how he finds the time for such penmanship in a period of economic trouble.
Tiffany to reopen NYC flagship under French management
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» NEW YORK - The tarpaulins and scaffolding that obscured the facade of Tiffany and Co's flagship New York jewelry store for years have finally come down ahead of its re-opening this week.
Norway outboxes Russia on energy
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/04/2023
» The new front line for Europe's energy security is a modest office building overlooking a fjord in Stavanger. Inside, a company called Petoro oversees three dozen of the largest oil and natural gas fields in Europe, on Norway's petroleum-rich continental shelf.
Help for endangered Amazon tribe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/04/2023
» The illegal tin mine was so remote that, for three years, the massive gash it cut into the Amazon rainforest had gone largely ignored.
Oil powers announce surprise cuts of more than 1 million bpd
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» RIYADH - Major oil powers led by Saudi Arabia announced a surprise production cut of more than one million barrels per day on Sunday, calling it a "precautionary" move aimed at stabilising the market.
One dead in Kenya as fresh opposition protests turn violent
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» NAIROBI - A young man was shot dead in Kenya on Monday, a hospital said, as anti-government protests turned increasingly violent, with police firing tear gas at opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy and his supporters, and looters going on the rampage.
Kenya police chief bans new opposition protests
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenya's police chief announced a ban on fresh opposition demonstrations called for Monday, after protests last week degenerated into riots.
OSCE urges more democratic reforms after Kazakh elections
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) - International observers on Monday welcomed progress in Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections but said more democratic reforms were needed as the country hopes to turn the page after a brutal crackdown.
Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country's punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said.