By AFP More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US authorities said Thursday,…
Leopard Eats Child In Queen Elizabeth National Park
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Wildlife officials in Uganda are still hunting for a leopard which snatched and ate the three-year-old son of a ranger at the…
S.Sudan General Forms armed movement to Topple Salva Kiir
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Paul Malong Awan, former South Sudan’s army chief of staff has formed a resistance movement declaring it as a means through which…
Doctor Gets 175 Years in Jail for Sexually Assaulting over 160 girls
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Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his…
'World's most expensive vodka' found
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A stolen bottle of vodka thought to be the world’s most expensive at $1.3m (£960,000) has been found empty on a construction…
Five Tanzanian banks 'closed down'
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Tanzania’s central bank on Thursday revoked the licenses of five “critically undercapitalised” community banks to protect financial stability in East Africa’s No….
Over 1 million South Sudanese on brink of famine
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Over 1.2 million people in war-torn South Sudan are one step away from famine — twice as many as at the same…
Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed
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Yemen’s Interior Ministry has issued a statement confirming the death of the country’s ousted president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in capital…
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa replaces ministers after outcry
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Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has replaced two ministers, two days after announcing his cabinet. Critics said the original line-up showed Mr…
North Korea says new missile can re-enter atmosphere
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North Korea has said the missile it tested overnight held a warhead capable of re-entering the earth’s atmosphere. The claim was not…
