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Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 20:57:55 GMT

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip that …

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S.Africa’s top court hears critical Zuma election caseFri, 10 May 2024 16:56:23 GMT

South Africa’s top court started hearing an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible to stand for parliament in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest election in decades.Zuma, 82, is fronting uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new opposition party that has become a potential disrupter in …

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Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 16:03:22 GMT

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip …

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PM says Guinea ‘haemorrhaging’ migrants after shipwreck tragedyFri, 10 May 2024 15:50:46 GMT

Twenty-six migrants who set sail from Guinea have died off the coast of Senegal when their boat sank, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said Friday, adding that his West African country was experiencing a  migration “haemorrhage”.”We have officially recorded around 26 deaths so far,” with most of the victims leaving from the Matam district of …

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Chad troops out in force after junta chief elected presidentFri, 10 May 2024 14:22:01 GMT

Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and …

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S.Africa building collapse death toll rises to 12Fri, 10 May 2024 13:22:50 GMT

The death toll from a building collapse in South Africa climbed Friday to 12 with 40 people still unaccounted for, four days after the structure came crashing down.The tragedy struck Monday afternoon when an apartment block under construction crumbled while a crew of 81 were on site in the southern city of George.Authorities said three …

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Chad army deploys in force after junta chief elected presidentFri, 10 May 2024 12:16:44 GMT

Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and …

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‘World coming to an end’: Kenyan town copes with life underwaterFri, 10 May 2024 09:37:31 GMT

Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-coloured flood water.The deluge had claimed his livelihood, his home and his wife, leaving the 32-year-old bereft as he pondered what was left of his life.”It has been like the …

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In Benin, tensions soar over cost of livingFri, 10 May 2024 05:57:16 GMT

In the heart of Cotonou’s large Dantokpa market, Diane Makpenon’s family corn shop is less busy than usual these days.The business run by her mother like others in Benin’s economic capital has been slowing down as they struggle with rising prices.The price of a kilo (2.2 pounds) of corn, one of the country’s most widely …

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