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Thousands including Obama pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
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Thousands including Obama pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden received cheers and applause Friday as they joined thousands of people

Ethiopia does not want war: PM
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Ethiopia does not want war: PM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his country does not want war, even as regional Tigray authorities say federal

Ethiopia rebels gang-raped children: Amnesty
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Ethiopia rebels gang-raped children: Amnesty

Rebels in Ethiopia’s most populous region of Oromia have committed summary executions, gang rapes and sexual slavery against women and

Doumbouya returns to Guinea after prolonged absence
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Doumbouya returns to Guinea after prolonged absence

President Mamady Doumbouya returned to Guinea Friday where he received a grand welcome at Conakry airport following a three-week absence

Lebanon: Israeli strikes on Hezbollah stronghold displace thousands in Beirut
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Lebanon: Israeli strikes on Hezbollah stronghold displace thousands in Beirut

Israeli strikes on Beirut’s suburbs have forced a mass exodus, with more than 95,000 people displaced after evacuation warnings for

Boat capsize off Libya highlights deadly Mediterranean migration route
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Boat capsize off Libya highlights deadly Mediterranean migration route

Emergency teams are recovering victims after a migrant boat capsized off the coast near Derna, between Al-Tamimi and Umm Al-Razm

Somalia’s drought leaves 6.5 million on brink of hunger crisis, says ICRC
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Somalia’s drought leaves 6.5 million on brink of hunger crisis, says ICRC

Somalia is teetering on the brink of a worsening humanitarian emergency, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross

New campaign promotes CAF head Motsepe to lead South Africa’s ANC
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New campaign promotes CAF head Motsepe to lead South Africa’s ANC

A new online campaign is promoting South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe as the next head of the ruling African National

French court rules partially in favor of extraditing Senegalese media mogul Madiambal Diagne
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French court rules partially in favor of extraditing Senegalese media mogul Madiambal Diagne

A French Court of Appeal has issued a “partially favorable” ruling on the extradition of Madiambal Diagne, a prominent Senegalese

Sudan government says drone attacks came ‘from Ethiopian territory’
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Sudan government says drone attacks came ‘from Ethiopian territory’

In a statement on Monday, Sudan’s foreign ministry warned Ethiopian authorities of what it called the consequences of these “hostile