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Former Kenya’s president Mwai Kibaki dies aged 90 years

Former President Mwai Kibaki By Business Daily Africa Former President Mwai Kibaki, who ended President Daniel Moi’s 24-year rule, has died at the age of 90, State House announced on Friday. President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a presidential proclamation on Friday announcing the passing on of the retired President who also served as Kenya’s fourth Vice

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Ethiopians queue up to volunteer for Russia’s fight in Ukraine

Ethiopian men, drawn by rumours on social media, queue to register to join Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, outside the Russian embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 19, 2022. Picture taken April 19, 2022. Reuters /Tiksa Negeri By Reuters The queues formed early each morning outside the Russian embassy in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Drawn

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UK lawmakers vote on whether to probe Johnson’s alleged lies

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he boards a plane at Stansted Airport, northeast of London, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, for a visit to India. Johnson is due to visit the western state of Gujarat and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on the two-day trip that starts Thursday. (Ben Stansall/Pool

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Putin claims victory in Mariupol, leaving Ukrainian defenders holed up

Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works company during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko By Reuters President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months

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Macron warns Le Pen she risks ‘civil war’ by banning headscarf in public spaces

By Anadolu Agency President Emmanuel Macron warned his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen on Wednesday that she will bring France to the brink of a civil war if she imposes a ban on the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, if she claims victory in France’s presidential election. “With me, there will be no ban on headscarves,

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Somalia’s government rejects corrupt minister signed an oil deal with Coastline Exploration

The corrupt Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia’s minister of petroleum and mineral resources, and Richard Anderson, chief executive officer of Coastline Exploration Ltd., signed the agreement. But in separate statements, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Farmajo, and Mohamed Hussein Roble rejected the deal, declaring it “null and void. Both leaders cited government decrees and directives banning

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Ethiopian ex-soldiers desirous to join Russian fighting force in Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency Hundreds of Ethiopians swarmed the gate of the Russian Embassy in the capital Addis Ababa to submit their credentials as ex-soldiers to go and fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, one of the applicants, Corporal Tarekegn Wassie, said: “I heard that registration was ongoing at the embassy. Some

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UK minister overruled official’s concerns about plan to send migrants to Rwanda

British Home Secretary Priti Patel addresses a joint news conference with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, after signing the partnership agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, April 14, 2022. Reuters/Jean Bizimana By Reuters British interior minister Priti Patel overruled reservations from officials about her plan to send thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of

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UK’s Boris Johnson faces wrath of lawmakers over partygate

File – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at Lydd Airport, south east England, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Johnson is facing British lawmakers for the first time since he was fined by police for attending a birthday party in his office that broke coronavirus lockdown rules. As the House of Commons returns Tuesday,

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Iran threatens to strike Israel over ‘slightest move’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi By Anadolu Agency Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday threatened to strike “at the heart” of Israel if Tel Aviv makes the “slightest move” against Tehran. Speaking at a military parade marking the National Army Day, Raisi said if Iran’s security is threatened by arch-foe Israel, its armed forces would retaliate

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