JUST IN: Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak dead at 91: family
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt's former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died Tuesday at age 91 at Cairo's Galaa military…
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Africa
Togo leader hails vote win as opposition urges ‘resistance’
LOME, Togo (AFP) -- Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday hailed a crushing election victory that gave him a fourth…
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Locust swarms arrive in South Sudan, threatening more misery
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) -- Swarms of locusts which are wreaking havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South…
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Coronavirus cases on Japan ship rise to 355
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- The number of people infected with the deadly new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off…
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Egypt confirms first coronavirus case in Africa
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt's health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in…
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Equatorial Guinea offers China $2 million for virus fight
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- The tiny central African state of Equatorial Guinea said Wednesday it would give $2 million…
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S.Africa says rhino poaching down 23 percent last year
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa recorded a 23 percent drop in the number of rhinos killed by poachers…
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North Africa football stadiums double as political arenas
by Hamza Mekouar Agence France-Presse CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) -- From Casablanca to Algiers via Tunis, the chants belted out across…
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Somalia declares locusts a ‘national emergency’: agriculture ministry
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) -- Somalia on Sunday declared a locust infestation sweeping the Horn of Africa to be a national…
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African nations take first measures to stop spread of Chinese virus
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- African states, including the continent's biggest economy Nigeria, on Wednesday said they had begun to…
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