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RABAT, MOROCCO Thousands of demonstrators marched in Morocco's capital Sunday to condemn lengthy prison sentences given to dozens of activists, including the leader of the Hirak Rif poverty-fighting movement.The demonstration brought one of the main av...
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April 21, 2019 Web Desk
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Floods foster food fears in Iran
More than two million people in Iran are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance due to severe floods...
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April 19, 2019 Web Desk
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The latest assessment by UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, indicates that around 3,400 classrooms have either been destroyed or damaged, with 2,713 out of action in the Sofala area alone. In some of the areas affected, schools will need extensi...
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April 19, 2019 Web Desk
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YAOUNDE Hundreds of Cameroonian women gathered in the capital this week to urge the government to stop the killings in the country's Anglophone separatist western regions. Weeks of violent clashes in those areas have left at least 70 people dead.The ev...
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April 19, 2019 Web Desk
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Plenary round-up – Strasbourg, April II 2019
18-04-2019
Highlights of the April II plenary session (the last of the current legislature) included debates on the conclusions of the April 2019 European Council m...
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April 18, 2019 Web Desk
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On behalf of the United States, I offer our sincerest congratulations on the 39th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence.
Zimbabwe has the opportunity to set itself on a path of deep and meaningful political and economic reform, which holds the promi...
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April 18, 2019 Web Desk
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