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Scores of Ethiopians die in long-running Amhara conflict, rights body says Jan 24, 2025

The conflict has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, and more than 2 million people in Amhara rely on food aid to survive.

US agents raid New Jersey worksite as Trump escalates immigration crackdown Jan 24, 2025

Trump issued a raft of executive orders after taking office on Monday that aim to clamp down on illegal immigration. He has taken steps to punish offi...

Comoros president says he intends to hand power to his son Jan 24, 2025

El Fath has previously said Comoros, a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, is not a monarchy.

West Bank violence imperils Gaza ceasefire, UN rights office warns Jan 24, 2025

The operation was launched within days of the start of a ceasefire in Gaza that saw the first exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners h...

More than 100 dead dolphins found on Somali coast, cause a mystery Jan 24, 2025

Local residents and soldiers gathered to look at the grim sight, holding their noses because of the smell from the carcasses.

U.S. WHO exit jeopardizes Africa, says health body Jan 24, 2025

The concerns raised by Africa's leading public health officials are a sign of the potential impact of the U.S. decision on the U.N. agency's ability t...

US judge blocks Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship Jan 23, 2025

Trump in his executive order directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither their moth...

Immigrant group sues to block Trump's expedited removal of people in US illegally Jan 23, 2025

The lawsuit said the policy known as expedited removal violated the constitutional right to due process, immigration law and administrative law.

Kenya to start publishing core inflation data to boost targeting Jan 22, 2025

Policymakers argue it is hard to attain price stability in the economy using monetary tools when the food and fuel components of inflation are include...

Congo's M23 rebels seize eastern town on critical supply route for provincial capital Goma Jan 22, 2025

The rebels were trying to convince people to stay in the town after they started leaving for more secure areas, Musanganya said.

Trump curtails protections around diversity, LGBTQ rights Jan 21, 2025

Among the rollbacks, Trump rescinded two orders that Biden signed on his first day in office four years ago.

Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison following sweeping pardons Jan 21, 2025

The Republican president's pardon of 1,500 defendants on Monday, Inauguration Day, drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered in the January 6, 2...

Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization Jan 21, 2025

The move means the U.S. will leave the United Nations health agency in 12 months' time and stop all financial contributions to its work.

Kenya to scrap one-year debt instrument Jan 21, 2025

The paper said 18.6% of the country's domestic debt will mature by June 2025, mainly due to short-term debt falling due.

Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus Jan 20, 2025

Last week Tanzania's health minister denied there was an outbreak in the African country saying no one had tested positive for the viral infection.

Donald Trump promises harsh immigration limits on his first day in office as US president Jan 20, 2025

He vowed to repeal "every radical and foolish executive order of the Biden administration" within hours of assuming the presidency.

Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers Jan 19, 2025

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, buses awaited the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli detention. Hamas said the first group to be freed i...

TikTok restores service, thanks Trump Jan 19, 2025

TikTok stopped working for its 170 million American users late on Saturday before a law shutting it down on national security grounds took effect on S...

Aid trucks arrive at Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing ahead of Gaza entry, two sources say Jan 19, 2025

The aid trucks were using the Kerem Shalom entry point pending completion of maintenance at the Rafah border crossing into southern Gaza from Egypt, t...

Fighting halts in Gaza as ceasefire takes effect after brief delay Jan 19, 2025

The three-stage agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, and comes just ahead of the Jan. 20 in...

Gazans cheer as ceasefire between Israel and Hamas kicks off Jan 19, 2025

The ceasefire deal took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing a war that has brought seismic political change to the Middle East and giving...

Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas takes effect as fighting halts after 3-hour delay Jan 19, 2025

Hamas said it was committed to the ceasefire but that it had been unable so far to provide the hostage list for "technical field reasons", without ela...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire will not start until Hamas releases hostage list Jan 19, 2025

Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended...

Angry South Korea protesters overwhelm police after court extends Yoon's detention Jan 19, 2025

Yoon's conservative People Power Party called the court's decision to extend his detention on Sunday a "great pity".

TikTok stops working for US users, disappears from Apple, Google stores Jan 19, 2025

There have been signs TikTok could make a comeback under Trump, who has said he wants to pursue a "political resolution" of the issue.

Flooding Gaza with aid might lessen security challenge, says UNRWA chief Jan 19, 2025

The UN World Food Programme has said it has enough food ready to feed more than a million people for three months.

DR Congo justice ministry orders probe into $300 million embezzlement in state mining company Jan 19, 2025

Congo's justice ministry said in a statement on Saturday that it had instructed the public prosecutor to open a court case against those responsible f...

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