News Briefs 02 September 2016
Democratic Republic of Congo Congo opposition supporters clash before election talks Violence broke out on Thursday between supporters of
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Africa – 19 August 2016
SA won’t interfere in Zimbabwe’s affairs: minister South Africa shouldn’t get involved in Zimbabwe’s affairs — unless it’s asked to.
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Opposition leaders vow to end reign of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF in historic show of unity Leaders of Zimbabwe’s opposition have united
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Civil platform urges multiparty democracy An umbrella platform of civil groups is calling on Swaziland’s king to re-introduce multiparty democracy
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No evidence of Morocco incursion in disputed Western Sahara: UN The United Nations on Thursday (Aug 18) said it had
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Wang Yi Meets with Foreign Minister Béatrice Attalah of Madagascar On July 28, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in
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Riek Machar flees S Sudan, ‘in care’ of DRC authorities UN spokesman says Machar is in the care of authorities
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UN chief urges Sudan’s warring parties to resume peace talks United Nations Secretary-General,Ban Ki-moon, Thursday has urged the Sudanese government
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After standoff, UN force detains 10 armed men, recovers weapons cache The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African
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AU Mission Denies Shelling Residential Areas The Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday refuted reports that its peacekeeping
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