Britain Pledges Extra $250 Million to Fight Famine in Africa
23/02/2017Britain will provide additional aid money to South Sudan, where famine has been declared in parts of the country, and to Somalia, where there is a credible risk of famine,.
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Somali President Calls on Al Shabaab to Surrender at Inauguration
23/02/2017Somalia’s new president was inaugurated on Wednesday, promising his people that the era of al Shabaab and other Islamist militant groups was over. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a dual U.S.-Somali citizen,.
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UN Boosts Aid for Ethiopia, Somalia to Head off Famine
22/02/2017U.N. aid agencies are appealing to international donors to provide money to scale up lifesaving operations in drought-stricken Ethiopia and Somalia, where millions of hungry people are at risk of.
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World Must Do More to Protect Children from Conflict- Officials Warn
22/02/2017The French government and UNICEF are urging the international community to step up protection of children living in and fleeing armed conflict that affects tens of millions of youngsters..
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Justice Minister Says South Africa Still Intends To Quit ICC
22/02/2017South Africa’s government still plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Minister Michael Masutha said on Wednesday, after a court ruled that it was unconstitutional to do.
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Germany Wants Surveillance Airships for U.N. Mission In Mali
22/02/2017The German military plans to beef up security for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali by deploying a number of tethered aerostats – small airships with threat-tracking sensors – like.
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Tunisia Growth Slows To 1 Pct in 2016: Official Data
22/02/2017Tunisia’s economic growth slowed to 1 percent in 2016 compared with 1.1 percent in the previous year, official figures showed on Tuesday. The state statistics institute said the.
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Malaysia Names North Korean Diplomat Wanted for Questioning in Airport Murder
22/02/2017By Rozanna Latiff Malaysian police on Wednesday named a senior official in North Korea’s embassy and a staffer at its state airline, who are wanted for questioning over.
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Ghana’s New President Promises Action to Fix “Bad” Economy
22/02/2017Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in his first state of the nation address the economy was in a “bad way” but he would press ahead with a plan to.
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EU Pushes Migration Talks with Tunisia, Egypt
21/02/2017The European Union is offering simplified visa procedures and increased economic aid to Tunisia and Egypt in exchange for smoother deportations of unwanted African migrants, two senior officials in Brussels.
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