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US immigration agents used pepper spray against protesters in Minneapolis on Tuesday as residents blocked the officers’ vehicles and forced them to leave the area.

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[MSF] "I was born in war. It's all I have ever known," says Floribert*. The young man had been shot in the leg and was among a dozen patients recovering from ballistic trauma injuries at the Mweso General hospital, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). "I can't see peace coming any time soon."

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[Malaria Consortium] In an era of climate unpredictability and emerging health threats, the ability to respond swiftly to disease outbreaks can be the difference between containment and crisis.

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[Leadership] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared a state of emergency across the region, citing rising security threats.

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Thailand faces its fourth day of border clashes with Cambodia as hundreds of evacuees shelter in Surin, unsure when they can safely return home.

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Fighting near the Thailand-Cambodia border has driven thousands from their homes. Both nations accuse each other of breaking a ceasefire agreed in July.

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France says that it provided surveillance, observation and logistical assistance to Benin’s armed forces to help fend off last weekend’s attempted coup.

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[IFJ] Since 1990 and the launch of its annual Killed list, the IFJ has recorded 3,156 deaths worldwide, an average of 91 deaths per year, and 859 in the last ten years

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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, has urged Tanzanians to continue reminding one another of the importance of safeguarding peace, unity, and solidarity within the nation.

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[GroundUp] Immigrants say they are being charged for ARVs, chronic medication and baby immunisations at some Gauteng clinics

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[UN News] Nahed was visiting Sudan's capital Khartoum with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out between the rival armies vying for control of her homeland.

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[UN News] Countries rallied at UN Headquarters on Tuesday to shore up a key humanitarian fund that provides timely assistance for millions worldwide when conflict and climate-related disasters strike.

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[Dabanga] The Hague -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman, known as 'Ali Kushayb' and feared in Darfur as the "Colonel of Colonels" to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2003-2004. The sentence, handed down on today in The Hague, follows his October conviction on 27 counts, including murder, torture, persecution, rape, and the forcible displacement of civilians.

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[The Conversation Africa] The Thiaroye camp near Dakar was a Senegalese army barracks housing African soldiers called "tirailleurs sénégalais" (Senegalese riflemen). It welcomed men returning from the European front of the second world war, where the riflemen had been held as German prisoners of war while serving on the side of France. They were waiting for their long-overdue back pay and bonuses.

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[The Conversation Africa] Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military uniform.

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His groundbreaking field research was instrumental in banning the international ivory trade and protecting elephants from poachers.

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Poverty in Sierra Leone is pushing more students into risky work, which proved deadly for two boys.

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[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- The powerful House Ways and Means Committee has scheduled a hearing on a proposed three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the first Congressional action since the legislation expired on October 1.

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