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Kano authorities raced to build an isolation centre at a sports stadium as coronavirus spread. The facility was built with donations from Kano-born tycoon and philanthropist Aliko Dangote
World
17.08.2024
Surge in virus deaths rocks northern Nigeria
A file picture of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
World
17.08.2024
Israeli fire kills Palestinian as Pompeo holds West Bank annexation talks
"What makes the drivers a risk group is mobility... They come into contact with people from different regions, from different backgrounds," a Mombasa clinician says
World
17.08.2024
Coronavirus creeps along East Africa's trucking corridors
Injured mourners are taken to hospital after a suicide bomb attack on a funeral in eastern Afghanistan
World
17.08.2024
Taliban says ready to counter Afghan forces after deadly carnage
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Myanmar's military has conceded some troops abused Rakhine prisoners after a video emerged on social media showing soldiers striking detainees
World 17.08.2024
Myanmar army admits prisoner abuse after beating video emerges
Retired colonel Gabriel de Jesus Rincon admits to having been party to extrajudicial killings during Colombia's six decade armed conflict with left-wing guerrillas
World 17.08.2024
Confessions of a Colombian extrajudicial killer commander
Egyptian lion tamer Ahsraf el-Helw poses with his lioness Joumana at his home in Cairo
World 17.08.2024
Lion tamers live-stream shows from Cairo living room
Deaths from preventable disease in children under five could rise by almost 45 percent over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic diverts scarce health resources in developing countries, a UN report says
World 17.08.2024
Surge in child mortality forecast in pandemic-hit developing countries
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams apologizes over 'racist' COVID-19 post
World 17.08.2024
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams apologizes over 'racist' COVID-19 post
State-owned security companies borrowed the money between 2013 and 2014 from London branches of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse and Russia's VTB
World 17.08.2024
Mozambique court annuls loans of $1.4 bn
A proposal to submit a new resolution on a global ceasefire was put forward during a teleconference held behind closed doors and organized by Estonia, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council
World 17.08.2024
New resolution on pandemic truce being drafted at UN: diplomats
An Afghan security officer carries a newborn baby from a hospital after it is attacked in Kabul
World 17.08.2024
Pompeo urges Kabul, Taliban cooperation after 'appalling' attack
Top US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci warned Congress that ending lockdowns too quickly could bring severe consequences including new outbreaks of coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
'Serious' consequences if US reopens too fast: top govt expert
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