Africa
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S.Africa platinum mine lift plunge kills 11
Winding gear at a giant South African platinum mine failed sending an elevator into a precipitous fall that killed 11…
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Dubai prepares to host climate summit
As the United Arab Emirates gets ready to host this year’s COP28 from November 30 to December 12, final preparations…
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Madagascar: two colonels charged with attempting to “destabilise power
Two colonels in Madagascar’s army have been charged and detained on suspicion of attempting to “contest” the presidential election and…
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Coup attempt in Sierra Leone – Authorities
The Sierra Leonean authorities are treating the clashes that left 21 people dead in the capital Freetown on Sunday as…
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13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup
Attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest…
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Cote d’Ivoire’s first retirement home still waiting for residents
In Attécoubé, a working-class neighborhood in the west of Abidjan, two retired septuagenarians talk about life in their courtyard. None…
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ECOWAS ready “to deploy elements” in Sierra Leone “if need be”
A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was Monday (Nov. 27), by…
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Burkina Faso: jihadist attack in the north, against the town of Djibo
Aerial images reportedly depict a significant jihadist assault on the northern Burkina Faso town of Djibo. The national armed forces…
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Police release photos and names of 34 Sierra Leone fugitives
Sierra Leone police on Tuesday published the photos and identities of 34 men and women wanted in connection with the…
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Togo: Over 30 dead in “terrorist attacks” in 2023
Rarely, the Togolese government took stock of the “terrorist” attacks in the country, in a press release read Monday evening…
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