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Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency aired footage Sunday of what it said were vessels "waiting for permission" from Iran to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Moroccan rapper El Mahdi Lyoubi has been temporarily released from custody after a court granted him bail. He’s charged with insulting a constitutional institution and faces up to two years in prison. A trial date has been set for October 2.

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European football’s governing body has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, UEFA said in a blistering statement on Saturday. The announcement followed Infantino’s U-turn over a plan sell World Cup profits to private investors.

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Guinea says it’s opting out of the ECOWAS single currency. The 12 member West African economic bloc is set to launch the monetary union and eco currency in July 2027. Guinea is the first member state to say it's retaining its national currency.

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Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accused the federal government of launching a military offensive on Saturday, reigniting fears of a return to war.

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Life in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is slowly getting back to normal, residents say, days after a sudden surge of some 60,000 migrants entered the tiny territory on the tip of North Africa. Most of the migrants have returned to Morocco and shops and cafes are starting to reopen.

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Tired and disappointed, migrants pushed back from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta returned to Morocco on Saturday, eager to get home. A sudden surge of some 60,000 migrants over the course of a few days, triggered an international crisis and saw Spain deploy armed forces to the tiny territory.

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Uganda discharged its last Ebola patient from hospital roughly two weeks ago.

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Asisat Oshoala scores the only goal as Nigeria beat Zambia at Wafcon 2026 to revive the West Africans' hopes of reaching the 2027 Women's World Cup.

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The current strain has so far killed 1,587 people, and there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.

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Migrants and residents alike complained on Saturday of the conditions in Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave, that saw 60,000 migrants breach the border in the last few days.

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The embezzlement trial of the DR Congo’s former justice minister Constant Mutamba continued on Friday in the absence of the defendant.

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Holding photographs of sons who vanished during the war, mothers in Gaza wait for answers while forensic workers document unidentified remains without access to DNA testing.

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Macky Sall’s bid to succeed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres could be in trouble after the Security Council’s first informal straw poll.

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France and Italy are boosting border controls after some 60,000 people crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in years.

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Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe and beyond. At least 57 migrants died on the journey.

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world.

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[Dabanga] Washingtion D.C. -- The US Congress is considering two bills that could significantly reshape Washington's policy towards Sudan by placing future action on the war under a stronger legal framework rather than relying on executive decisions.

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Dozens of Ethiopians are awaiting execution - some called the BBC to tell their stories.

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The grandson of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has caused controversy at the Commonwealth Games after being disqualified for headbutting his opponent.

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A long list of world leaders, heads of state, and governors sent congratulatory messages to him.