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Tanzania loses Denmark aid, World Bank loan over ‘homophobia’ concerns
Tanzania’s second-biggest donor Denmark said it would withhold $10 million worth of aid money, citing concerns over human rights abuses…
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Ugandan soldiers to guard Chinese businesses after rash of robberies
Ugandan soldiers will be deployed shortly as security guards for businesses of mostly Chinese investors that have suffered a spate…
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Commission tips US to create fund to counter China’s Belt and Road push
The US government should create a fund to counter Chinese infrastructure financing deals in the developing world that export China’s…
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California fires: Firefighters hold containment lines in north
rews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says.…
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Brexit deal: Theresa May to face cabinet showdown
Theresa May faces a crunch cabinet meeting later when she will try to win colleagues’ support for a draft Brexit…
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South Sudanese fight to practise law in Kenya
Kenya has locked out South Sudanese nationals studying locally from being admitted as advocates in the country, denying them opportunity…
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Brexit talks in endgame, says Theresa May
Negotiations over the UK’s departure from the EU are “now in the endgame”, Theresa May has said. Addressing the Lord…
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Heavy Gaza-Israel fire traded overnight
Israel says its fighter jets have hit dozens of Palestinian militant targets overnight in Gaza after militants fired 370 rockets…
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California fires: At least 42 die in state’s deadliest wildfire
Thirteen more bodies have been recovered in California, bringing the death toll in the US state’s deadliest wildfire to 42,…
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El Chapo trial begins: The story explained
The trial of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is to begin in New York under intense security. Guzmán was…
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