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AU Chair Questions US Stance On African Peacekeeping

The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the...

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Hamas Says Egypt Ready To Help Gaza

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in...

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Top US Diplomat Tillerson To Visit Ukraine

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine following the G20 Summit in Hamburg, sending a message that...

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Pentagon Is Confident It Can Stop N Korean ICBM

The Pentagon is confident it can protect the United States against an incoming North Korean rocket, an official said...

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Beachgoers Killed, Flights Halted By Clashes At Libya Airport

Stray fire from fighting between armed groups that control Libya's Mitiga airport killed five people at a nearby beach...

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Nigerian Lawmakers Want Ex-President Quizzed About Oil Deal

Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday said former president Goodluck Jonathan should give evidence at an inquiry into an oil...

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Awuah Darko Sues Ken Agyapong, 2 Firms For Defamation

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST), Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, has sued...

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Saudi-Led Bloc Regrets ‘negative’ Qatar Response To Demands

Foreign ministers of the Saudi-led bloc that imposed an embargo on Qatar said Wednesday they regretted the emirate's...

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Calls For Clarity Over Nigeria’s Absent President

The president of Africa's most populous nation was last seen in public two months ago and since the start of 2017, he's...

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S.Africa’s Zuma Tries To Quell High-Risk Succession Battle

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday sought to calm an increasingly fractious battle to succeed him that is...

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Israel To Lift Ban On Politicians Visiting Holy Site

Israel will lift a two-year-old ban preventing politicians visiting a Jerusalem holy site for five days later this...

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All You Need To Know About Abandoned Govt Cars

The issue of 86 unused vehicles which were reportedly procured under the administration of former president Jerry John...

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VP Bawumia Clears the Air On Controversial $15bn Sino Cash

All about the Chinese-Ghana deal… Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has cleared the air on speculations suggesting that government...

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Kenya’s Main Candidates Pull Out of Televised Election Debate

Both Kenya's leading presidential contenders have pulled out of two planned televised debates ahead of the August 8...

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Holiday Weekened Leaves More Than 100 Gunfire Victims In Chicago

The United States celebrated Independence Day with a long weekend of barbecues and fireworks, but in violence-plagued...

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US Envoy Haley Leading Anti-Palestinian ‘crusade’

A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday blasted US President Donald Trump's United Nations envoy, accusing her of...

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74 Persons With Disability Engaged To Collect Road Tolls

The First batch of 74 persons with disability (PWDs) has been recruited to work at selected toll booths across the...

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Saudi Funding Extremism In UK

Foreign funding for Islamist extremism in Britain mostly originates from Saudi Arabia, a think-tank report said on...

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Activists Urge ICC To Probe Mexico’s ‘crimes Against Humanity’

Rights activists on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to probe years of killings and disappearances, as...