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Do you think the rest of Africa should also exit the International Criminal Court after #Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso exited ? https://t.co/LgalEySFxW

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They are being given a new home to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park. https://t.co/eaTIJ7dqYb

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Antonio Guterres, who held talks with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa shortly after his arrival, said the country was at a “pivotal moment”. https://t.co/hVRpvFOCvF

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Some of the ancient cities of palaces, mosques, public squares, and narrow streets date back to the 12th century and are still inhabited. https://t.co/CUThHGHRgG

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Elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife have been detained in the presidential palace in Niamey since the July 2023 coup. https://t.co/Ef2G8a6s1j

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Officials say most of the blazes have been extinguished but two major ones are still raging.
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Most of the 1,000 deaths from Ebola since mid-May have occurred in communities, not in treatment centres.
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IOC member and FIFA leader Gianni Infantino will not have to explain to the Olympic body how U.S. President Donald Trump helped to stop a player’s ban at the World Cup
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International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources told AFP, following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff https://t.co/TPHlYigRTG

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Sister Leticia Ugboaja was taking into immigration custody while walking to Sunday Mass in her habit. https://t.co/vZYwqPI7Ed

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A court sentenced Mali's former head of domestic intelligence Friday to 15 years in prison for "conspiracy against the government", following a ten-day trial in which he openly accused the ruling junta of corruption https://t.co/8m5cSrNEJz

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Senegal's soccer federation asked the court to review CAF's decision to strip it of the tournament title in favour of Morocco.
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Every mid-July, thousands of ethnic Kabye men aged 18 to 20 take part in the ancestral rite of passage in the west African nation's Kara region, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the capital, Lome https://t.co/wqW9bKbDXu

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South Africa's opposition reacted angrily on Friday after a court suspended impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala cash scandal.
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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the recruitment of 28,000 military personnel to "strengthen national security", as the country battles a myriad of conflicts.
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Much of the 180-kilometre-long coastline is being privatised for exclusive urban residences and public-private enterprise. https://t.co/7IBjxlos62

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In a makeshift tent covered in a torn tarp, Zakaria Hassan tried to make his baby son more comfortable after they fled fighting near the Central African Republic's border with Sudan https://t.co/Z1ZigKJika

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Six candidates to replace Guterres at top of UN debate in New York https://t.co/PiZpYZA0kL

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The president had sought to stay the inquiry pending a legal review of a report finding he had a case to answer in the 'Farmgate' scandal.
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The warning to strengthen mosquito surveillance comes as locally transmitted cases are reported in Greece, Italy, Spain, Romania, and North Macedonia.
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The United States announced extra tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies late Thursday, saying the countries had failed to adequately enforce a ban on goods made with forced labor.
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