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GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 1,200 children have died of suspected measles and malnutrition in Sudan refugee camps, while many thousands more, including newborns, are at risk of death before year-end, United Nations (U.N.) agencies said on Tuesday. More than five months into a conflict between Sudan’s army and paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces, the country’s …

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By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) -A court in Nigeria has released on bail 69 people who were arrested last month in connection with an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, their lawyer said on Tuesday. In Nigeria, like in most parts of Africa, homosexuality is generally viewed as immoral on cultural …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday countries could consider financial reparations among the measures to compensate for the enslavement of people of African descent, though legal claims are complicated by the time passed and the difficulty in identifying perpetrators and victims. A report of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said no country had …

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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu held talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in New York, seeking to advance economic cooperation between the two largest economies in Africa, his spokesperson said on Monday. The two African leaders met ahead of the United Nations General Assembly that is scheduled to start …

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DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Hundreds of people protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents and destroyed entire neighbourhoods. Protesters took aim at officials, including the head of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, during the demonstration …

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By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother’s house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in hope of somehow digging to the family buried below. She recited …

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