Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members are paraded by Tigray forces through the streets in open-top trucks, center, as they arrived to be taken to a detention center in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Ethiopian military airstrikes on Friday forced a United Nations humanitarian

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Exposed: UK clinics still offering to ‘restore virginity’ before marriage

Credit to photo/Pinterest The Guardian By Hannah Summers Undercover reporters for ITV documentary find procedure widely available in London Dozens of clinics, private hospitals and pharmacies are offering controversial hymen repair surgery, an undercover investigation has revealed, as the government moves closer to banning the harmful practice. It has already pledged to outlaw virginity tests

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Biden tells Erdogan US and Turkey must avoid crises

President Joe Biden meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the G20 leaders summit, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in Rome. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that their countries must better manage disagreements after the partnership between NATO allies was

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Three people shot dead during huge protests against Sudan coup, doctors say

Sudanese demonstrators march and chant during a protest against the military takeover, in Atbara, Sudan. Ebaid Ahmed via REUTERS By Reuters Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup,

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G-20 leaders turn to climate change on last day of summit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and U.S. President Joe Biden, from left, pose for the media prior to a meeting at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. The two-day Group of 20 summit is the first in-person gathering

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Climate, COVID and the economy top G20 agenda at Rome summit

World leaders gather for the official family photograph on day one of the G20 leaders summit at the convention center of La Nuvola, in Rome, October 30, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters The heads of the world’s 20 biggest economies kicked off two days of talks on Saturday where they were set to

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Kenya Deputy President William Ruto accepted the ICJ ruling-sources say

Credit to Daily Nation/Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto. The Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto said,”We thank the ICJ for finally delivering Justice on the Kenya vs. Somalia maritime case. I urge Kenyans to accept the verdict and move on for the sake of peace and good neighborliness,”

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Sudanese set for nationwide protests against military coup

Sudanese demonstrators march and chant during a protest against the military takeover, in Atbara, Sudan October 27, 2021 in this social media image. Ebaid Ahmed via REUTERS By Reuters Opponents of a military coup in Sudan have called for nationwide protests on Saturday to demand the restoration of a civilian-led government to put the country

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Exclusive: Elite Brit terror troops to be sent to Somalia to smash Al-Shabab and Islamic State

Operation Mansio exercises take place near the town of Thies in Senegal, West Africa. The operation sees US and British forces provide counter terrorism training to Nigerian, Cameroonian and Moroccan forces in the Sahel region of Africa (Image: Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror) The Daily Mirror By Chris Hughes Somali special forces will be taught

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Facebook changes name to Meta as it refocuses on virtual reality

People pose for a photo in front of a sign of Meta, the new name for the company formerly known as Facebook, at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino By Reuters Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on

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