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Airstrike Near Pirate-Held Vessel Off Puntland State Coast Kills at Least Nine
FILE – Cameroon-flagged M/V LUTUF general cargo ship crossing the Bosporus. The vessel was hijacked off Puntland State in August 2026 while…
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DR Congo and M23 Rebels Agree on Peace Roadmap
A new agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group establishes a system for monitoring ceasefire…
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Indian Navy rescues 22 Indian seafarers from two hijacked vessels near Somalia and Yemen
Indian naval forces have rescued 22 Indian seafarers after two foreign-flagged ships were hijacked in separate incidents near Somalia and Yemen, officials…
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WHO and Africa CDC Urge Action to Meet the Challenge and Stop Ebola
One hundred days into the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, international health officials say the epidemic can still be…
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Somali Piracy Rises After Two Hijackings in Four Days
Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Puntland State, the semiautonomous Somali region, in 2024.Credit…Abdirahman Hussein/Reuters Somali pirates…
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Cameroon’s President Biya Returns Home to His Country
President Paul Biya has returned to Cameroon following a two-month stay in Switzerland, which his office characterized as a “brief private stay…
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Ebola Spreads ‘Exponentially’ in DRC as Death Toll Rises
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is accelerating, with more than 5,200 cases and nearly 2,500 deaths reported as…
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DR Congo Receives 70,000 Ebola Vaccines as Outbreak Death Toll Rises
A 70,000-dose shipment of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine is headed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country confronts its…
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Six Indians Among 10 Crew Members Aboard Cargo Ship Hijacked by Somali Pirates
Six Indians are among the 10 crew members aboard a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship seized by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland State coast earlier…
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More Than 100 Killed in Central African Republic Mine Collapse
At least 107 labourers have died after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Zamboye, western Central African Republic, with the death toll…
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Winnipeg man who fled Somalia as refugee sentenced to 4 years for human smuggling
Abdi Hassan Ali, a Somali refugee who once made Winnipeg his home, will spend the next 500 days in custody after admitting…
