Nigerian president moves to ease cash crisis
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday defended a currency swap that sparked…
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Jobs, not doctrine, the lure for Africa’s jihadists: UN
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are…
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Jamaica ready to join international force in Haiti
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- Jamaica is ready to participate militarily in an international force in Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness…
3 years ago
More than 80 killed in Pakistan mosque blast
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) -- Bodies were still being pulled Tuesday from the wreckage of a mosque blast at a police…
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Riot at Chinese-funded nickel plant in Indonesia kills two
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) Two workers including a Chinese national were killed at a nickel smelting plant in Indonesia at the…
3 years ago
Gunmen attack Nigeria train station, kidnap more than 30
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP) Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria, kidnapping around 30 people and wounding others, police and…
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Rebels kidnap civilians in DR Congo clashes: local sources
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are holding civilians hostage for suspected collaboration…
3 years ago
Haitians accuse Dominicans of race-based arrests, expulsions
by Richard Pierrin with Amelie Baron in Paris Agence France-Presse PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- His Haitian passport was in order,…
4 years ago
‘Shame of Apurimac’: Peru region disavows homegrown president
by Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse ABANCAY, Peru (AFP) -- Apurimac, a poor, Indigenous-majority region in Peru's rural south, is the…
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All hostages freed and captors killed as Pakistan police siege ends
Bannu, Pakistan (AFP) All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and…
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Peru declares state of emergency as ousted leader remains in prison
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS / Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency…
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Bangladesh opposition mounts huge protest, MPs quit
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP) by Sam JAHAN / Mohammad MAZED Nearly 100,000 supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party descended on Dhaka…
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