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Al-Shabaab militants kill Ugandan soldier 19 Jan 2017 - 11:17 am
A man in Nairobi, Kenya, watches a video released by Somali militant group al-Shabab showing a Ugandan soldier moments before he was executed, on January 18. Al-Shabab said it captured the soldier in September 2015 during an attack on an African Union bas
Gambia's president-elect to be sworn in on Gambian soil 19 Jan 2017 - 11:12 am
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UN Libya envoy’s plane turned back from Tobruk airport 19 Jan 2017 - 11:10 am
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Turkey, Russia carry out first joint air op in Syria 19 Jan 2017 - 10:57 am
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IS attack in Iraq’s Tikrit leaves 9 policemen dead 19 Jan 2017 - 10:31 am
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Congo commemorates death of former PM, Patrice Lumumba 19 Jan 2017 - 10:28 am
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Eyes turned to Assange as US commutes Manning sentence 19 Jan 2017 - 10:25 am
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1 dead, four injured in Mexican school shooting 19 Jan 2017 - 10:18 am
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India school bus crash kills at least 15 children 19 Jan 2017 - 09:51 am
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Lebanon gets a new government, now it needs a new economy 19 Jan 2017 - 09:01 am
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) attend the first meeting of the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Growing list of Democrats boycotting Trump inauguration 18 Jan 2017 - 09:20 pm
Preparations are finalized on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, where Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as America's 45th president, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
Pennsylvania prosecutor probing truck with anti-MLK imagery 18 Jan 2017 - 09:20 pm
People gather to march in the annual parade down MLK Boulevard to honor Martin Luther King, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Billy Weeks
“Wait and see” no longer an option for disaster response: IFRC chief 18 Jan 2017 - 08:52 pm
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New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia, still reeling from El Nino 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
Ethiopia’s latest rain failure has mainly hit southern livestock-herding communities, unlike last year when hunger was worst in the north and west. (AFP / Joel Robine)
Fraudsters use sham UK charity appeals to steal money via emails, social media 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
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Martin Luther King’s daughter says ‘God can triumph over Trump’ 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
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With drought looming, Sri Lanka tries something new: preparing 18 Jan 2017 - 08:30 pm
A man pushes his cart along a road near a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
UN warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought 18 Jan 2017 - 08:24 pm
Women carry jerry cans of water from shallow wells dug from the sand along the Shabelle River bed, which is dry due to drought in Somalia's Shabelle region, March 19, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar