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Soldiers Cut Off Second City Bouake

Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay...

International

Freed Boko Haram Fighter Says Group Ready To Attack Abuja

A man purporting to be a Boko Haram fighter said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, in a video seen by...

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Rebel Soldiers Block Access To I.Coast’s Second-Largest City

Defiant soldiers blocked access to Ivory Coast's second-largest city on Saturday after firing guns into the air...

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Afram Plains South MP Expresses Worry Over Worms

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains South, Mr Eric Osei-Owusu, has expressed worry at the increased...

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UN Condemns ‘widespread’ Torture By Police In Pakistan

A UN committee has condemned the "widespread practice of torture" in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence...

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Gunfire As I.Coast Troops Resume Protest Despite ‘apology’

Disgruntled Ivorian soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and two other cities on Friday, firing angrily into the air...

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Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland

Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's...

Business

Army Worm Invasion Will Not Reduce Cocoa Output – COCOBOD

The Ghana COCOBOD has ruled out any significant impact of the army worm infestation on the output for cocoa for the...

International

Mexican Disappeared Activist Is Killed

A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed....

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Akufo-Addo Orders Release of GHC16m To Combat Armyworm Invasion

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered to the Ministry of Finance to release...

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MOFA Devotes GH16m To Fight Army Worms

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has announced the allocation of 16 million cedis by the...

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Philippine Assault On Extremists Sends 24,000 Fleeing

More than 24,000 people fled their homes as the Philippine military used airstrikes and artillery against Muslim...

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Iraq Forces Launch Anti-IS Push In Western Desert

Iraqi forces have launched a broad operation to root out fighters from the Islamic State group who have been harassing...

International

Colombia Law Gives Former FARC Rebels Role In Politics

The peace deal with the FARC was the fruit of four years of negotiations in Cuba Colombia's congress has approved a...

International

Australian Soldier Killed In Training Incident

An Australian soldier has died during a training exercise in the Northern Territory. The man was taking part in a...

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Yemen Strongman Saleh Open To Negotiations With Saudi

Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia, two years into a deadly war...

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Second German Soldier Is Arrested Over Far-Right Plot

German police have arrested a second soldier over a far-right plot to assassinate politicians and blame it on migrants....

International

Colombia’s ELN Rebels ‘kidnap Eight’ In Choco

The gunmen forced the hostages into a boat and took them deep into the jungle The Colombian government has accused the...

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Kashmir’s Brutal Stories Get Cartoon Treatment

Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in...