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Gambian President ‘appoints New Chief Justice’

President Adama Barrow has appointed a Gambian lawyer and former UN prosecutor as chief justice of the country's...

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Myanmar Army Ends Operations In North Rakhine

Myanmar's army has halted "clearance operations" in northern Rakhine, a senior official said Wednesday, ending a...

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Blame Ibn Chambas – Kingmakers

Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in West Africa and the Sahel,...

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Damascus Denies Accusations of Chlorine Use In Aleppo

Syria's government on Wednesday fiercely denied accusations by Human Rights Watch that it used chemical weapons in its...

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MSF Urges Aid Access In Yemen

Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated...

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Egypt Mediates In Libyan Conflict

Rival factions have been fighting for power since the fall of Col Gaddafi's government in 2011 Egyptian negotiators...

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UNICEF Launches $110 Mln Appeal For Sudan Children

The UN children's agency on Wednesday launched a $110 million appeal to help two million acutely malnourished children...

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What Is the Two-State Solution?

The idea of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel has been the basis of decades of international efforts to end...

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Syria Rebels Head To Astana Talks

Syrian rebel figures were en route to the Kazakh capital on Wednesday for fresh talks on reinforcing a faltering...

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G20 Foreign Ministers To Tackle Fight Against Poverty In Africa

G20 foreign ministers will discuss ways to fight poverty in Africa, strengthen governmental institutions and better...

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Duffuor Foundation Launched To Help Underprivileged

HODA Holdings Ltd. has launched the Duffuor Foundation as part of efforts to continue prioritizing its commitment to...

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West Mosul Eating Once A Day and Bracing For Worse

As the noose tightens around holdout jihadists in west Mosul, so does the belt around the waists of hundreds of...

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Cote d’Ivoire’s Claims Untenable – Ghana

Ghana’s Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, on Tuesday, 14 February ended her oral submission in the maritime boundary...

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Issues Discussed At Prez Nana Addo’s Meeting With Liberian Presidential Hopeful

Senator of the Montserrado County in Liberia, George Weah paid a courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday,...

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North Koreans Watch Ice Fest Unaware of Kim Jong-Nam Assassination

Less than two days after the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, small girls in frilly pastel...

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Don’t Be Swayed By Ivory Coast’s Argument

Ghana has called on the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), not to be swayed by Ivory Coast’s...

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UN ‘extremely Concerned’ Over Conditions In West Mosul

Living conditions in west Mosul, where jihadists are hunkering down among 750,000 Iraqi civilians, are deteriorating...

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UK Foreign Secretary To Meet With Prez Akufo-Addo Today; Find Out More

Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson is billed to be in Ghana today, Wednesday, 15th February, 2017....

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Don’t Be Swayed By Ivory Coast’s Argument

Ghana has called on the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), not to be swayed by Ivory Coast’s...