Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief announced Tuesday
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A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in the capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week's presidential election
Three "terrorists" were shot dead on Wednesday during an operation carried out by National Guard (gendarmerie) officers and military personnel in a mountainous area in west-central Tunisia, the Interior Ministry said.
"Sarafina" had made Ngema a pan-African music star, and the stage version ran for two years on Broadway.
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In her Caribbean hometown of Barranquilla, Colombian superstar Shakira was honoured with the unveiling of a 6.5-meters statue on Tuesday
Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned on Tuesday following suspicions over a business transaction with a Chinese businessman, the presidency of the southern African country said.
Ablassé Ouédraogo, aged 70, "was taken by individuals claiming to be members of the national police force from his home in Ouagadougou on Sunday 24 December at around 6.30pm", wrote the party he chairs, Le Faso autrement, in a press release.
The American private military company Bancroft Global Development is in discussions with the Central African Republic, it told AFP, while the Russian mercenary group Wagner, established in the country since 2018, is in the process of reorganization.
Port Sudan, which lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast, is facing a cholera outbreak exacerbated by a lack of medical supplies as the country remains in the grips of war.
