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Cameroon Soldiers Arrested After Demanding Bonuses

Around 30 Cameroonian soldiers fighting the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were arrested after a demonstration to...

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US Urges UN To Investigate DRCongo Murders

The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN...

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UN Under-Secretary General Passes Away At 68

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, has died. Dr Osotimehin,...

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PI Rules Out Foul Play In Death of Ghanaian UNICEF Executive

A top private investigator has described how he located the body of a woman who went missing on Table Mountain nearly...

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Bloomberg Leads Mass Coalition Declaring Support For Paris Climate…

Led by former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, nearly 1,000 business and government leaders declared Monday their intent...

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Panicked Qatar Shoppers Stock Up As Gulf Rift Bites

Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to...

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Two Men Go On Trial In DR Congo For UN Experts’ Murders

A man and a teenager went on trial in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, accused of killing...

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Up To 100,000 Children At Risk In Iraq’s Mosul

Up to 100,000 children are in danger as Iraqi forces battle to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group,...

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China Rights Lawyer Charged With Subversion

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who disappeared late last year has been officially charged with "subversion of...

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Ex-Stars Urge Pakistan Overhaul After ‘shameful’ Champions Trophy Loss

Pakistan faced calls for a total overhaul on Monday after slumping to a "shameful defeat" against arch-rivals India at...

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Cyprus Leaders Agree To Push On With Reunification Talks

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed Sunday to return to the negotiating table later this month in a new bid to...

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Jihadists Occupy Civilian Homes As Mosul Battle Rages

After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in...

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North Korea Slams ‘mean’ Targeted UN Sanctions

North Korea on Sunday slammed the latest UN sanctions as "mean" and vowed to press ahead with its missile and nuclear...

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Japan Holds Evacuation Drills As N.Korea Missile Fears Grow

Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill Sunday as fears grow that a...

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When NGOs Engage GES Over Girls’ Education In Ghana [Article]

As they say and which I also share, the task of providing quality education, including girls’ education, is about...

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Trump Does Believe In Climate Change and Man’s Role In It

President Donald Trump does believe the world climate is changing and humans bear some responsibility, US Ambassador to...

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27 Dead As Yemen Army Closes In On Taez Palace

Yemeni government forces fought Saturday to capture a rebel-held presidential palace in the southwestern province of...

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Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul

At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died...

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Anti-Terror Agency Raids Homes of Kashmir Separatists

India's anti-terrorism agency Saturday searched the homes of separatist leaders in restive Kashmir as part of an...