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People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 2, 2024. - Paramilitary forces battling Sudan's regular army for more than a year said on June 29 they had taken Singa, a key state capital in the southeast, prompting thousands to flee, witnesses said. (Photo by AFP)

25 people drown in Sudan fleeing fighting

Around 25 people have drowned in Sudan’s southeast while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, a pro-democracy activists’ committee said Thursday. “Around 25 citizens, most of them
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A protester throws back a tear gas canister at Kenyan anti-riot police officers during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament continue to debate the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on June 20, 2024. - Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on June 20, 2024 to protest contentious tax hikes, with police deploying tear gas and water cannon in the capital Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

One dead after tax protests in Kenyan capital Thursday

A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations against proposed tax hikes in the Kenyan capital, police said Friday, with the mounting protest a day earlier also leaving 200 people injured.
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(FILES) Dozens of people cheer and dance as they take part in the Namibian Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual (LGBT) community pride Parade in the streets of the Namibian Capitol on July 29, 2017 in Windhoek. - A top Namibian court on June 21, 2024 struck down the African country's colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex relationships, in a victory for the LGBTQ community. "The common law offence of sodomy is declared unconstitutional and invalid," the high court in the capital, Windhoek, wrote in its verdict. It also declared unconstitutional the offence of "unnatural sexual offences". (Photo by Hildegard Titus / AFP)

Namibian court strikes down law criminalising same-sex relationships

A top Namibian court on Friday struck down the African country’s colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex relationships, in a victory for the LGBTQ community. The high court in the capital, Windhoek, declared the
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(FILES) An elderly man waits to refill his donkey-drawn water tank during a water crisis in Port Sudan in the Red Sea State of war-torn Sudan on April 9, 2024. - A perfect storm of war, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan -- a nation already facing a litany of horrors -- to the shores of a water crisis. The country at large, despite its many water sources including the mighty Nile River, is no stranger to water scarcity. Even before the war, a quarter of the population had to walk more than 50 minutes to fetch water, according to the United Nations. (Photo by AFP)

Sudan one of world’s ‘worst crises’ in decades: medical charity

The ongoing civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. War has raged
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Kenya's President William Ruto arrives at the Borgo Egnazia resort for the G7 Summit hosted by Italy in Apulia region, on June 14, 2024 in Savelletri. - Leaders of the G7 wealthy nations gather in southern Italy this week against the backdrop of global and political turmoil, with boosting support for Ukraine top of the agenda. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Kenyan protesters to return to streets over tax hikes

Kenyan protesters were due to stage fresh protests across the country on Thursday against contentious tax hikes that many fear will worsen a cost-of-living crisis. The cash-strapped government of President William Ruto
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FILE - Mali Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a notice posted on social media, Thursday, April 11, 2024, Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations in the country. The ban followed a decision the previous day that banned all political party activities until further notice. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Mali PM endorses document critical of junta

Mali’s civilian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, has endorsed a statement openly criticising the West African country’s military rulers, a move that landed his ally in prison. Boubacar Traore, a close associate
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