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President Kabila and Family Own At Least 70 Companies In the DRC

Since the end of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003, the family of the outgoing President Joseph...

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Murdoch’s Fox Agrees Deal To Buy Sky For $14.6 Billion

Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA. O) said on Thursday it had agreed to buy European pay-TV firm Sky...

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One Killed As Aleppo Medical Convoy Comes Under Fire

Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to...

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Suicide Car Bomb Explodes At Checkpoint In Mogadishu

A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theater in the capital Mogadishu,...

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The Gambia President Jammeh Must Step Aside

The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and would...

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US Osprey Aircraft Crashes Off Okinawa Coast In Japan

The US Marines have suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan, after a crash off the coast of Okinawa...

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Wonder Woman Dropped As UN Equality Champion

The UN has ended its campaign with comic book heroine Wonder Woman, a spokesman says, less than two months after her...

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More Than 5,900 Deaths In ‘war On Drugs’

There have been 5,927 deaths linked to the "war on drugs" in the Philippines since July 1 according to statistics...

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Will Trump Really Leave Business?

Press conferences are rare events for president-elect Donald Trump. Since he beat Hilary Clinton, his media appearances...

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Ghana’s Next Leader Under Pressure To Deliver

Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo needs to act fast to deliver on his campaign promise to create jobs, restore...

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Trump Engages CIA In War of Words Over Russian Election Hacking

In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words...

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Gambia Election Chief Stand By Yahya Jammeh Defeat

The Gambia’s elections commission head has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s call to annul the election he was...

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Major Sky Shareholder To Vote Against Fox Bid

A major shareholder in British pay-TV company Sky (SKYB. L) will vote against Twenty-First Century Fox's (FOXA.O) $14...

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IS Retakes Ancient Syrian City

The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have...

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Turkey’s AK Party Wants President’s Powers Expanded

Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would...

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Gambia Refuses Entry To ECOWAS Head Amid Election Dispute

Gambian authorities have refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Senegal’s foreign...

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Bulgarian Train Explosion Kills Four

A train carrying liquid petroleum gas has derailed and exploded in Bulgaria, killing at least four people. More than 20...

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Ex-Odebrecht Director Links Brazil’s President To Illegal Transfers

A former director of Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht SA told prosecutors that the company made several illegal...

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Goldman Executive Set To Join Cabinet

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint another Goldman Sachs executive to his administration. Despite...