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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Monday, April 29, 2024.

Hamas prepares response to Gaza truce offer
Hamas was studying Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant gro... (photo: AP / Mohammad Jahjouh) RTE
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Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves supporters after casting his vote in the first round of the French presidential election, in le Touquet, northern France, Sunday April 23, 2017.

Dmitry Drize: Macron unleashes the geographical weapon against Russia
Not long ago the French leader believed the continent was almost as big as Africa. Now heâ€™s reduced it in size by about 75% | French President Emmanuel Macron has deliv... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) Russia Today
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People gather on the main road after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country's west. (AP Photo)

Floods kill at least 42 in central Kenya after dam bursts
Nairobi, Apr. 29 (BNA): At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could ... (photo: AP / Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Bahrain News Agency
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FILE - Pedestrians run past an armored police car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving.

Haitiâ€™s deadly gangs forced the government out. Now they want a seat at the table
Vitelâ€™homme Innocentâ€™s picture on the FBIâ€™s â€œTen Most Wantedâ€ list of fugitives suggests a crazed man â€“ eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. Itâ€™s the photo you ... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph, File) CNN
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Ibrahim Hasouna, center, the sole survivor among his family, sits amidst the debris of his bombed home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. On Monday, February 12, Hasouna lost eight family members, including three children, He says the house was bombed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held in a building in another part of town.

At least 20 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah
CAIRO - Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 20 Palestinians and wounded many others, medics said on Monday, as Egyptian ... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Middle East Online
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On 20 May 2021, Visit of Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo, to the European Commission, in presence of European commissionner, Brussels - EC/Berlaymont.

Togoâ€™s parliamentary election: Why all eyes are on President Gnassingbe
Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese voters are heading to the polls on Monday to vote in delayed and controversial parliamentary elections that are causing tensions in a W... (photo: European Community / Claudio Centonze) Al Jazeera
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File - In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo taken on a government organized media tour, women and their children walk near a truck carrying government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan, where allegations surfaced of rape of women by government allied troops.

Darfur Crisis: Looming Tragedy in El Fasher
Watan-Experts from Sudan and abroad have warned of a potential massacre in the city of El Fasher in Darfur, which could result in casualties on the scale of Hiroshima and... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) Watan
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Young people gather to register to volunteer to fight for the country as part of a volunteer initiative, in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023

U.S. Loses Soft Power Edge in Africa
This article is the second in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of t... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Gallup
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, Nov. 18, 2016.

DR Congo accuses Apple of using â€˜blood mineralsâ€™ from war-torn east
PARIS: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Apple of using â€œillegally exploitedâ€ minerals extracted from the countryâ€™s embattled east in i... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ Pexels) Dawn
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A soldier walks near the rear if the Army Headquarters in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Burkina Fasoâ€™s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group
Burkina Fasoâ€™s military forces â€œsummarily executedâ€ 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in... (photo: AP / Ludivine Laniepce) Al Jazeera
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Nigerien soldiers practice vehicle contact movements while participating in a special forces training exercise during Exercise Flintlock 2018 in Agadez, Niger

US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon
US officials will meet Thursday with members of Niger's government on the withdrawal of American troops from the African country, said a Pentagon spokesman. | "Per the U.... (photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group) Anadolu Agency
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Will Rwanda save Sunak â€“ or sink him?
When the Rwanda Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons just before Christmas, there was a revolt on the right of the Tory party. A group of legal experts, wi... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) The Spectator
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Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, Friday, April 5, 2024. Many people here fled the fighting in Sudan's vast western region of Darfur, where attacks by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces on ethnic African civilians have revived memories of genocide. The United Nations says close to 9 million people have fled their homes.

Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally Sudan had the worldâ€™s lar... (photo: AP / Patricia Simon) The Guardian
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Security Council Meets on Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through Demilitarization and Gender-Responsive Arms Control

UN: Guns fueling rape of children, women in war zones
UNited Nations â€”Â Actor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira told diplomats Tuesday that finding a child to sexually abuse in a conflict zone can cost less than on... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Voa News
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