Current Affairs
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1.1KUS leaning towards 2030 Winter Games bid
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | The United States Olympic Committee said Friday 2030 was the preferred option as it eyes a...
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1.0KS.Africa court orders prosecution chief to leave job
Shaun Abrahams Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A South African court on Friday overturned President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of the head of...
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1.0KCourt orders Dakar mayor’s trial to open next week: lawyer
Dakar, Senegal | AFP | A lawyer for Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall, detained since March on corruption charges, on Friday said the prosecutor’s...
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1.0KIndia’s PM Modi faces test as his home state votes
Ahmedabad, India | AFP | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral...
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1.0KBrazil’s prison population doubles in decade: government
Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Brazil’s prison population more than doubled between 2005 and 2016 and cells are now so crowded that there...
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1.1KAid agencies suspend work in C.Africa after worker killed
Civilians in a central province of the strife-torn Central African Republic. Photo by @amnesty Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | Humanitarian groups...
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1.0KSecurity Council authorizes UN support for G5 Sahel troops
FILE PHOTO United Nations, United States | AFP | The Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing UN peacekeepers in Mali...
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954Norway populist fails in Nobel bid
Carl I. Hagen Oslo, Norway | AFP | A controversial former leader of Norway’s anti-immigration party on Friday failed in his bid to...
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1.1K14 Tanzanian UN peacekeepers dead in DR Congo attack
MONUSCO troops secure an area recently in DRC. MONUSCO PHOTO Goma, DR Congo | AFP | At least 14 United Nations peacekeepers...
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1.3KChad ban on protests “justified” by security fears: minister
Chad’s interior minister Ahmat Bachir N’Djamena, Chad | AFP | Chad’s interior minister has said that a ban on some protests in the country...
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1.0KNigeria says it ‘by no means’ supports Cameroon secessionists
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya with Nigerian ambassador Lawan Abba Gashagar Yaoundé, Cameroon | AFP | Nigeria called for an end to violence in neighbouring...
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1.0KS.African VP says he believes Zuma guilty of rape
South Africa VP Cyril Ramaphosa Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has said he believes the woman who...