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Five U.N. police officers die as armored vehicle plunges into river in Central African Republic
Five United Nations police officers from the Republic of the Congo have died after their armored personnel carrier crashed into a river in the Central African Republic. The deadly accident reportedly happened Tuesday when the vehicle, part of a five-car MINUSCA convoy, veered off course and plunged into the Ombella M’poko River outside Bangui before…
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Trump uses decades-old maneuver to block $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress
President Donald Trump has taken the unprecedented step of canceling $4.9 billion in foreign...
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Military airstrikes in Nigeria rescue 76 hostages, children and women among them
Nigeria’s military has freed dozens of captives in its latest attack against armed groups...
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Drone strike destroys U.N. food convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur
A U.N. relief mission to Sudan’s North Darfur ended in disaster this week when a drone...
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U.N. Security Council condemns Sudan paramilitary’s rival government plans
The U.N. Security Council has rebuked Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for attempting to form a breakaway administration in territory it controls, warning the move could further tear...
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UN condemns fatal assault on famine-stricken Darfur camp that left 40 dead
A famine-stricken camp for displaced families in Sudan’s Darfur region has suffered yet another deadly blow, with at least 40 people killed in a paramilitary assault that the United Nations condemned...
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RSF massacre in famine-hit Sudan camp leaves 40 dead, dozens injured
In one of the deadliest recent incidents in Sudan’s ongoing civil war, paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the famine-stricken Abu Shouk displacement camp near el-Fasher on Monday, killing...
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Rwanda-backed rebels kill 319 in eastern Congo amid fragile peace talks – U.N. says
In one of the deadliest waves of violence in recent years, at least 319 people were killed in a series of massacres carried out by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo, according to a Wednesday statement...
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Deadly flash floods claim 25 lives in northeastern Nigeria, dozens missing
A devastating flood triggered by torrential rains has left at least 25 people dead and 11 missing in Nigeria’s Adamawa state, where thousands have been forced from their homes, officials confirmed...
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UN sounds alarm over Nigeria’s deepening hunger crisis as funding for food aid runs dry across West and Central Africa
An alarming hunger emergency is sweeping through Nigeria, where nearly 31 million people now face acute food insecurity, a crisis the United Nations is calling “unprecedented.” At the heart...
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Hundreds of Sudanese migrants deported from eastern Libya amid crackdown on smuggling
Eastern Libyan authorities have deported hundreds of Sudanese nationals to their war-stricken homeland as part of an intensified clampdown on irregular migration and human trafficking. The mass expulsion...
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Deported immigrants held in solitary in Eswatini under U.S. third-country policy
Five immigrants deported from the United States under a controversial Donald Trump administration’s third-country policy are currently being held in solitary confinement in Eswatini, according to...
