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UN urges immediate action for safe return of stranded migrants amid pandemic
Oct 09, 2020 18:14More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Gunmen kidnap 20 villagers in central Mali
Oct 07, 2020 19:58Gunmen seized about 20 people in volatile central Mali, with nine remaining in detention Wednesday after their captors released the other hostages, local and security officials said.
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700,000 affected by South Sudan floods: UN
Sep 30, 2020 08:19Some 700,000 people have already been affected by what seem set to become the worst floods in 60 years in South Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Global coronavirus deaths pass 'agonizing milestone' of 1 million
Sep 29, 2020 12:31The global death toll from COVID-19 has risen past 1 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and changed the way people live.
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219 inmates escape from prison, acquire weapons in Uganda
Sep 17, 2020 11:21More than 200 prisoners have escaped from a prison in northeast Uganda, officials say, bringing a local town to a standstill while Ugandan security forces try to track them down.
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Sudan pleads for more aid to tackle devastating floods
Sep 15, 2020 16:25Sudan has appealed for more aid to combat the impact of catastrophic floods across the country, over which Khartoum has already declared a three-month state of emergency.
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Mali junta adopts ‘charter’ for 18-month transition government, opposition rejects it
Sep 13, 2020 11:25Mali’s military junta has vowed to establish an 18-month transition government as fear over the role of military hampers efforts aimed at restoring political calm to the African country following a coup last month.
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ECOWAS: Mali junta has one week to name civilian president, prime minister
Sep 08, 2020 10:41According to Press TV, the leaders of the15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) declared in a statement at the end of a summit on Monday that the junta in Mali had until September 15 to introduce a president and prime minister, emphasizing that they had to be civilian figures.
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Tunisian police kill three militants after officer stabbed to death
Sep 06, 2020 14:45Police in Tunisia have chased and shot dead three militants after they attacked two police officers, killing one of them.
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Libya arms embargo totally ineffective: UN official
Sep 03, 2020 11:39A United Nations (UN) official has warned of “blatant” violations of the arms embargo on conflict-ridden Libya, where warring sides have been receiving direct and indirect support from foreign patrons.