France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation’s authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base’s parade ground.Though the handover comes …
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Niger’s junta will stay in power for at least half a decade more if it accepts a plan presented on Thursday, which does not bar the country’s ruling generals from running in any future election.A “national convention” was tasked in February with drafting a new charter outlining the terms of the handover of power back …
Two rhinos munch serenely on grass as the sun rises over Mount Kenya, oblivious to the massive global endeavour to prevent them being the last of their kind.Najin and her daughter Fatu are the only northern white rhinos left on Earth. The clock is ticking before they become the latest in a long line of …
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Najin spends a lot of time by herself these days because her rebellious daughter prefers to hang out with her best friend.This might sound like a common parental complaint, but Najin has a particularly strong argument — she and her daughter are the only members of their species left on Earth.They are the last two …
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Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy.As a curtain-raiser to the G20 summit in November, the foreign ministers will gather for talks over two days, held for …
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Egypt’s antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be located since the famed discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.The tomb, discovered near the Valley of the Kings in Luxor in southern Egypt, belonged to King Thutmose II of the 18th dynasty, who lived nearly …
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Kenya was condemned by Sudan and critics at home as “criminally irresponsible” on Wednesday for hosting Sudanese paramilitaries who are planning to declare a parallel government.At a high-profile event in Nairobi this week, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the Sudanese army for nearly two years, said they would sign a founding charter …
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Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.There are fears the escalation of fighting between troops and militias in the vast mineral-rich region could trigger a repeat of the …
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South Africa on Wednesday pushed back the coalition government’s first national budget speech to parliament in a shock move following internal pressures over tax hikes. The speech to outline the government’s annual fiscal priorities, including ways of raising revenue, was due to be delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in parliament in Cape Town.”It is something …
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The gutting of US foreign aid has left Ghana facing a $156 million funding shortfall, with the health care and agriculture sectors bracing for shortages of drugs and fertiliser.A funding freeze ordered by President Donald Trump at USAID, Washington’s main foreign development arm, has upended the agency, seen thousands lose their jobs in the United …
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