US says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina ‘wrongly detained’
Rusesabagina, 67, was sentenced last September to 25 years in prison over eight terrorism charges tied to an organization opposed
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Rwanda expects first 50 asylum seekers transferred from UK by end of May
In April the British government announced plans to send people seeking asylum to the East African country, but earlier this
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A post-war surfing renaissance is underway in Africa’s oldest republic
(CNN) — Nestled between Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Liberia is the oldest republic in Africa. But despite its
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Senegal President shows support for PSG player Idrissa Gueye following homophobia row
With French clubs’ players encouraged to wear rainbow-colored numbers on the back of their shirts to commemorate World Day Against
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He dropped out of school to learn robotics. Now he’s teaching STEM across Ghana | CNN
CNN — Jonathan Kennedy Sowah says wherever he goes, he’s always looking for a problem to solve. His latest mission
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Four people killed, several injured in gas explosion near a school in northwest Nigeria | CNN
Nigeria CNN — At least four people were killed and several were injured in a gas explosion that happened Tuesday
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Biden approves plan to redeploy US troops to Somalia
The move reverses a decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw all US troops from the country in 2020. The
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Female student killed by mob at Nigeria school over blasphemy claims
The girl, Deborah Yakubu, was surrounded by fellow students and attacked on Thursday, a police statement said. The incident happened
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Climate change doubled chance of South African floods that killed 435 people, analysis shows
Parts of South Africa experienced more than 350mm of rainfall in two days, causing destructive floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern
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Google becomes home to priceless Timbuktu manuscripts
Located in the West African nation of Mali, the name Timbuktu has come to embody the idea of a distant
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