Archive for October 8th, 2021
Cameroon's Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute visited the troubled western regions this week, calling for armed separatists to lay down their weapons or be killed. Civilians and rights groups say peace will only return if the government declares a cease-...
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Police in Nigeria's Zamfara state say security forces have rescued 187 people who were abducted by criminal gangs over the last two months.Zamfara State Police command spokesperson Shehu Mohammed said in a statement Thursday that the kidnap victims, in...
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Refugee and humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Ethiopia were the focus of intense debate during this week’s annual U.N. refugee conference.The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said the weeklong discussions were constructive. He ...
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A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the health minister said Friday, five months after the end of the most recent outbreak there.It was not immediately known if the case was related to the 2018-20 outbreak th...
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"It's worse than a plague," said Pedro Antonio Sanchez, fuming over the volcanic grit coating his bananas, the main source of wealth on the Canaries' island of La Palma."It's worse than a pest or disease because it scratches [the fruit]," said Sanchez,...
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