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South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia face an imminent “health catastrophe”, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday, citing a cholera epidemic and cases of severe acute malnutrition. South Sudan, the world’s youngest country after gaining independence
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Experts say a surge of attacks by terrorist groups around Mali’s southwestern border indicates an intention to expand across the border into Senegal. Based in Mali and backed by al-Qaida, the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
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Libya: Civilians Caught In Militia Clashes, HRW Warns
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Fourth Senegal Ex-minister Charged In Corruption Sweep
A Senegalese court on Thursday indicted a fourth minister from the country’s former government on corruption charges as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye steps up an anti-graft campaign, officials and media said. Moustapha Diop, industrial development