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Ethiopia’s Chief of Staff, 3 Others Killed in Amhara Coup Attempt
June 23, 2019ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia's chief of staff and at least three other senior officials were killed during a coup attempt by an army general in the northern state of Amhara, state television said Sunday.
Amhara's state president Ambachew Mekonnen …
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Ruling Party Candidate Declares Victory in Mauritania
June 23, 2019NOUAKCHOTT - Mauritania's ruling party candidate Mohammed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority of votes in the country's presidential election, the electoral commission said Sunday.
UPR candidate and former defense minister Ghazouani, 62, won 51.1 percent of the vote, …
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Sudan’s Protesters Accept Roadmap for Civilian Rule
June 23, 2019KHARTOUM - Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff with the country's military rulers � who did not immediately commit to the plan.
Ethiopia has led …
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Polls Close in Mauritania Election
June 22, 2019NOUAKCHOTT - Mauritanian voters went to the polls Saturday in the country's first election without an incumbent presidential candidate since the 2008 coup.
Polling stations closed at 7 p.m. across the Sahara Desert nation, and preliminary results are expected late …
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Sudan Protesters Hold Night Gatherings to Rekindle Movement
June 22, 2019KHARTOUM - As night fell, residents of a southern district in Khartoum briskly moved to set the stage for Sudanese protest leaders giving a brief on the movement's latest updates.
Grappling with a power outage, blocked internet access and heightened …
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Central African Republic Facing Acute Food Shortages
June 22, 2019GENEVA - A new report finds nearly half of all people in the Central African Republic are suffering acute food shortages. The latest assessment by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a joint effort by eight U.N. and International non-governmental …
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UNHCR Update Libya (21 June 2019)
June 21, 2019Highlights
To mark World Refugee Day, on 19 June, UNHCR evacuated 131 refugees and asylum-seekers to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger. All refugees and asylum-seekers were previously detained in Libyan detention centres. This year, 1,297 refugees and asylum-seekers …
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IOM Appeals for Urgent, Safe Disembarkation for Migrants on Sea-Watch 3
June 21, 2019Rome � The International Organization for Migration today (21/06) is launching an appeal to guarantee, as soon as possible, a safe disembarkation point for migrants rescued on 12 June in the Mediterranean by the ship Sea-Watch 3.
On Saturday, 10 …
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