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Algerian army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah, seen in this February 2019 picture, became the North African country's de facto strongman after veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in April
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15.08.2024
Algerian army sees vote as route back to shadows: analysts
In August, Rwanda briefly closed its border with DR Congo when the first Ebola cases were recorded in Goma
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15.08.2024
Rwanda begins vaccinating against Ebola
Protesters held placards with slogans such as 'No to capitulation', 'Stay away from Moscow' and 'Russian gas is a noose around our necks'
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15.08.2024
Ukraine crowds protest over Russia summit
Namibia's government is impatient with the slow pace of land redistribution
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15.08.2024
Namibia vows to change 'status-quo' of white-farm ownership
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Millions of Hong Kongers have hit the streets in protests fuelled by years of growing fears that authoritarian China is stamping out the city's liberties
World 15.08.2024
Hong Kong protesters aim for big turnout at rare sanctioned march
Businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig, have been languishing in China's opaque legal system since they were apprehended on December 10, 2018
World 15.08.2024
Detained Canadians in China cut off from the world
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C-L) will receive the Nobel Peace Prize at a crucial time for his country's transition
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Five questions on change and challenges in Abiy's Ethiopia
Putin will eye a chance to reduce Moscow's isolation over its annexation of Ukraine -- but for Zelensky the stakes are even higher
World 15.08.2024
Putin vs Zelensky: two very different presidents face off
Aung San Suu Kyi's international reputation has been tarnished by her response to the Rohingya crisis
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Suu Kyi set to make history in Hague genocide case
A controversy has swirled around Austrian author Peter Handke being awarded the 2019 Nobel literature prize
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Kosovo to boycott Nobel ceremony over Handke's prize
Belarusian protesters march in the capital Minsk against the prospect of closer ties with Russia
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Belarus crowds rally against closer Russia ties
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, her first trip outside Europe since being appointed
World 15.08.2024
New EU chief pledges to back Africa on Ethiopia trip
Jacky Kulik holds a portrait of his daughter Elodie who was kidnapped, raped, strangled and her corpse then burned in northern France in January 2002
World 15.08.2024
Suspect swallows poison after verdict in French murder case
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