Africa
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Weekend drone strike on ‘Raso’ training camp ordered after US intelligence indicated an imminent threat posed by the trainees, Pentagon says
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Authorities say Hamas provided training and explosives for cell that assassinated Hisham Barakat last year
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The remarkable tale of Frank Terpil, former intelligence agent, fugitive from US justice and a 53-year jail term, who has died in Havana
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Al-Turabi was an avid supporter of jihadists and Sharia law who called the US the ‘incarnation of the devil’
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A ritual with rocks observed in a study in Guinea has profound implications for our relationship with the animal kingdom
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Anglo American and AngloGold Ashanti agree to pay sum to those with silicosis, a lung condition trigged by exposure to dust
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Does the west really care about development?
Jason HickelWe need to stop pretending that the United States, France and Britain are benevolent champions of the poor
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Zimbabwe’s president offers to punch journalist ‘to the floor’ as a reminder that he is still the leader despite his 92 years
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Anne Page writes: Sylvester Stein’s commitment towards freedom in South Africa continued until change came in 1990
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Speculation grows over ex-Barclays chief executive’s interest in buying parts of business for his African bank Atlas Mara
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Report from secretary general Ban Ki-moon follows allegations of rape involving international peacekeepers serving in Central African Republic
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President says operations must come under state control because existing miners have ‘robbed’ country of its wealth
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Administration has put resources into finding and prosecuting poachers and agreed with China to place mutual restrictions on the import of ivory
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Christophe Naudin is wanted in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of helping two pilots flee to France after they had been sentenced for drug trafficking
Notes & Theories It's Africa's time to rise: let's end our academic isolation