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Forced to flee: Despair after India deadly ethnic clashes

By Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France-Presse MOIRANG, India (AFP) -- Deadly ethnic violence in India's troubled Manipur state divided communities but…

Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital

DHAKA, July 29, 2023 (AFP) - Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major…

One dead, 12 wounded in Myanmar bomb blast

BANGKOK, July 31, 2023 (AFP) - A bomb blast in southeastern Myanmar killed one person and wounded 12 others on…

US orders nonessential staff out of Haiti amid gang crisis

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2023 (AFP) - The United States has ordered its nonessential personnel and family of government employees to…

Three Myanmar students killed in military raid

BANGKOK, July 28, 2023 (AFP) - At least three Myanmar students were killed in an early morning military raid in…

Women burn down houses of two accused over India naked women video

NEW DELHI, July 21, 2023 (AFP) - Furious women set fire to the houses of two Indian men accused of…

Curfew in central Nigeria state after new attacks

JOS, Nigeria, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat…

Armed men kill at least 30 in north Nigeria villages

KANO, Nigeria, June 5, 2023 (AFP) - Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria's…

At least 12 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attack: local sources

OUAGADOUGOU, May 20, 2023 (AFP) - At least twelve civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in an…

Blinken condemns attack on US convoy in Nigeria

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday vowed that the United States would hold accountable…

Nigeria police rescues 58 kidnap victims near capital

  ABUJA, May 7, 2023 (AFP) - Police in Nigeria said Sunday that it rescued 58 people who were abducted…

Fighting rages in Sudan despite humanitarian pause

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Fierce fighting raged in Sudan's capital despite a pause Sunday to help those caught up in…

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