When his house was flattened and farm flooded by Cyclone Idai, the government of Mozambique offered Jose Antonio space in a resettlement village. He hoped to receive a new house and a job in the neighbourhood. Instead, he found a tent in a forest.Back-...
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December 11, 2019 Web Desk
Judical, Legal-Judicial
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GABORONE, BOTSWANA - Botswana has repatriated 135 Zimbabwean refugees, the majority who fled political persecution at the height of a violent and deadly 2008 presidential election. Some of the 700 refugees still remain in camp, reluctant to return home...
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December 10, 2019 Web Desk
General
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CONAKRY - Guineans took to the streets en masse on Tuesday, in the latest round of mass anti-government protests to hit the fragile West African state.Around one million people protested against embattled President Alpha Conde in the capital Conakry, o...
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December 10, 2019 Web Desk
General
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EBOLOWA, CAMEROON Members of measles vaccination teams in southern Cameroon have been attacked and beaten by locals who say the serums triggered side effects that sent 12 children to local hospitals.Many rural Cameroonians distrust vaccination campaig...
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December 10, 2019 Web Desk
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LAMU COUNTY, KENYA - In Kenya's remote island communities near the border with Somalia, the threat from al-Shabab militants has scared away most medical personnel. But one group of volunteers the Safari Doctors is braving the danger to provide much-...
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December 10, 2019 Web Desk
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