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In Reversal, Afghan Girls Get US Visas To Attend Robotics Competition

A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come,...

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China Ships Troops To Its First Overseas Base In Africa

China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's...

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Accidental Internet Cut-Off Hits Somalia Hard

Last month, a baby was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu with a terrible eye defect that requires treatment abroad....

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Somalia Internet Outage Is ‘major Disaster’

Somalia’s government says an ongoing internet outage is costing the country $10m (£7.7m) each day. The outage...

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Nine Kenyans Beheaded By Somali Al-Shabaab Terrorists

Al-Shabaab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya, officials...

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G20 Launches Plan To Fight Poverty In Africa

G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa,...

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At Least 9 Dead In Latest Attack On Kenya Coast

At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya's coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack...

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US Lifts Visa Restrictions On Gambian Robotics Students

Gambian students who were twice denied visas to travel to the US for a robotics competition are celebrating after...

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US Conducts Air Strikes On Shabaab Militants In Somalia

The US military conducted an airstrike against a group of Shabaab militants in Somalia early Wednesday, officials said,...

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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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‘Al-Shabab’ Battle Kenya Security Forces

Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of...

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‘Al Shabab’ Militants In Dawn Battle With Kenyan Forces

Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of...

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AU Chief ‘frustrated’ By African Inaction On Famine

African Union head Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday criticised member states for a lack of solidarity shown to nations on...

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Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries

People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...

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War Vets, Inner City Youth Join To Trap Florida Pythons

US war veteran Chad Brown suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq and Somalia, has been homeless and classified as...

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American Muslims Decry Trump Travel Ban

American Muslim leaders Friday decried Donald Trump's rhetoric towards their community and predicted the president's...

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Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries

People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...

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US Travel Ban ‘truly Shameful’

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the new US ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim...

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Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect

People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...