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At least 40 killed in strike on Tripoli migrant detention center: official

A migrant picks up her belongings from among rubble at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in a

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Iranians say US sanctions hurt people, not government

People shop at the old main bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. From an English-language teacher hoping for peace to an appliance salesman who applauded Donald Trump as a “successful businessman,” all said they suffered from the economic hardships sparked by re-imposed and newly created American sanctions. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) By JON GAMBRELL

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Iran rejects U.S. accusation it long violated nuclear deal

Photo/ Reuters Iran rejected on Tuesday a White House accusation that Tehran was long violating the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, after the Islamic Republic said it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under the accord. “Seriously?” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a message on social network Twitter, after

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Kenya: State could lose Shilling 823bn ‘bad loans’

Photo/Daily Nation Auditor-General (AG) Edward Ouko. AG’s report shows that the government risks losing more than Shilling 823.7 billion worth of outstanding loans advanced to 72 State corporations. The government risks losing more than Shilling 823.7 billion worth of outstanding loans advanced to 72 State corporations, most of which are facing financial challenges. About Sh47.52

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Gun battle rages in Afghan capital after powerful blast injures 65

Smoke rises from the site of a blast and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2019.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail Afghan security forces were battling gunmen on Monday who had forced their way into a building in the capital, Kabul, after a bomb-laden truck exploded near a defense ministry compound during rush hour, injuring at least 65 people,

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Glencore’s Congo tragedy highlights security conundrum for miners

Photo/Reuters The deaths of 43 illegal miners at a Glencore facility in Congo last week highlighted a growing challenge for mining companies struggling to secure sites from small-scale prospectors digging for cobalt, copper and other minerals. Many mines span hundreds of square kilometers across rural terrains, a tantalizing prospect for illegal miners, also known as

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France Has Assassinated 22 African Presidents Since 1963

Photo/Pinterest /Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Here is the list of African presidents who have been assassinated by France since 1963. For African leaders who boldly stood up to the unending imperialist tendencies of the former colonial powers, this has generally been met with death. And France has never been hesitant to eliminate presidents who posed a

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Kenya: Developers feel the pinch of crackdown on land grabbers

Ethics and Anti-Corrup­tion Commission chief executive Twalib Mbarak (left) with Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji. The anti-corruption commission and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations are on the spot for “frustrating” private developers through the placement of caveats on land suspected to have been acquired irregularly. The investors, according to cases filed in court, are

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Dubai leader’s wife Princess Haya dramatically leaves him and ‘takes £31 million to start new life’

The Sun Newspaper The wife of Dubai’s ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has left him and taken £31 million to start a new life, it is understood. Princess Haya, who had not been seen since February, is said to have fled to Germany with her son and daughter. She is understood to have immediately

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Amnesty accuses Eritrea of targeting diaspora activists in Kenya

Photo /AFP Eritrean officials are systematically harassing diaspora activists in Kenya, with apparent collusion on the part of Kenyan intelligence agents, Amnesty International said in a briefing on Thursday. In 2015, two persons who identified themselves as members of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service ordered Kenya-based Eritreans not to proceed with the launch in Nairobi of

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