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Somalia's al Shabaab says it storms southern military base, kills 27 troops
Fighters of the al Shabaab group attacked a military base with a suicide car bomb in the south of Somalia, killing 27 soldiers, the group said on Monday, a blast heard by reside...
AFRICA
Somalia's al Shabaab says it storms military base, kills 27 troops
Al Shabaab fighters detonated a suicide car bomb before storming a military base in the south of Somalia on Monday and killing 27 soldiers, the militant group said, its second s...
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Ethiopia prime minister calls for multiparty democracy: chief of staff
Ethiopia must pursue multiparty democracy, the prime minister's chief of staff said on Sunday in what could be the latest in a series of momentous changes sweeping the country.
AFRICA
White House says 'skeptical' South Sudan leaders can oversee transition to democracy
The United States has condemned a legislative measure to extend South Sudan government’s term in office and said in a statement it remains skeptical that the country's politi...
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Zimbabwe's president courts white voters ahead of election
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of white voters on Saturday in an attempt improve relations ahead of a July 30 election, a marked shift from his predec...
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Eritrea appoints first ambassador to Ethiopia in two decades
Eritrea has appointed its first ambassador to neighboring Ethiopia in two decades, the government said on Saturday, as the former foes pushed on with a rapprochement. The...
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Ivory Coast government faces collapse in coalition row
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's government faced collapse on Friday after his junior coalition partner said it had expelled party members named to a new cabinet.
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Mugabe-era minister jailed for corruption in Zimbabwe
A former minister who served under Zimbabwe's ex president Robert Mugabe was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to four years in jail on Friday, his lawyer said, the first...
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