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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday rejected “foreign diktats” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in stalled talks with the heavily indebted country over a bailout package. “Regarding the IMF, foreign diktats that
Mozambique Legalizes Local Militias to Help Fight Northern Insurgents
Mozambique has legalized creation of local militias under the military to help fight Islamist militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province. A decree was approved and announced Wednesday, after a Cabinet meeting in Maputo late
In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock amid fears of what comes next
After three years of failed rains, the animals in the southern Ethiopian village of Kura Kalicha are dying. Dozens of decomposing cattle carcasses lie on the parched earth, their flesh picked over by scavengers. Jilo
Ethiopia’s Tigray region unveils new cabinet to lead political transition
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Gunmen Abduct 25 Cameroonians on Nigeria Border
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A travers un communiqué publié jeudi 6 avril dans la soirée, la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations unies en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Bintou Keita, « condamne, avec la plus grande fermeté,