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United States President Barack Obama on Monday expressed disappointment at Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni's plan to enact a legislation that would criminalise homosexuality. Obama warned that the move would complicate U.S. relations…
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At least three persons have been killed following a volcanic eruption on Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, which forced hundreds of thousand of residents to flee their homes. Four international airports were forced to close as…
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A second round of Syrian peace talks have reached a dead end, an opposition delegate said on Friday after a day of separate meetings between each side and UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. "The regime is sticking to only one issue," spokesman…
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Four bombs exploded near Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and a busy square in the centre of the capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, security sources said. The blasts came a day after two rockets were fired into the…
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Nelson Mandela bequeathed half of his roughly $4.1-million estate, including four properties in Mozambique, to his wife Graca Machel, according to a summary of his will released Monday. According to the will, royalties from his books and…
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At least three people were killed when a light aircraft crashed at Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg on Monday. Local authorities said the plane crashed and burst into flames while attempting to land in bad weather. Lanseria Airport…
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Nigeria on Saturday pledged 1.5 million US dollars at an international donor summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa to support African-led international mission in the Central African Republic, MISCA. The minister of state II for…
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Zimbabwe's central bank has announced that it would accept the Chinese Yuan and three other Asian currencies as legal tender following improved economic relations in recent years. "Trade and investment ties between Zimbabwe, China,…
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South Sudan's government and rebels have signed a ceasefire to end more than five weeks of fighting that has divided Africa's newest nation and brought it to the brink of civil war. Under the signed deal which took place in a hotel in…
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Lawmakers in Central African Republic, CAR, on Monday chose the mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza, to become interim president and lead the country out of months of sectarian killings towards elections. Samba-Panza called on mainly…
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