Africa
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Positive outcome of trials in Niger fuels hope that vaccine can protect children in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond from infection that causes often fatal diarrhoea
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World Social Work Day offers an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the profession’s transformative work with families and communities
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Every single African citizen who requested a visa was rejected, according to the organizer of the African Global Economic and Development Summit
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Pontiff acknowledges some Catholic priests and nuns ‘succumbed to hatred and violence’ by taking part in 1994 killings
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High school students killed by falling trees while swimming at popular tourist spot during a storm, according to officials
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Al-Ahram says in front-page report US visit set for first week of April, after Egyptian leader met Trump on sidelines at UN general assembly
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Threatened by famine, pastoralists have turned to violence
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Letters: It would be unforgivable if the international community turned its back on the Eritrean people
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Comoros-flagged ship and eight Sri Lankan crew are freed without payment of ransom after negotiations
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The foreign secretary carries the baggage of his derogatory comments about black people. The continent deserves better – and so do we
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Letters: The British built hospitals, schools, roads, railway lines, air and sea ports, Crucially, they introduced the rule of law
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Tribes filed class-action suit addressing negotiations between Namibia and Germany after mass deaths of Herero and Nama people from 1904 to 1908
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Letters: UN evidence shows that girls’ education is the single most powerful spur to reducing malnutrition
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Escalating violence intensifies row over US claims of increasing Russian influence in country
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With the world’s highest birthrate, Niger’s population is set to double in 17 years. NGOs are providing contraception, but what if women want more babies?
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With aid delivery under threat from armed gangs and terrified civilians in hiding, agencies warn that intensifying famine could become unmanageable
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The Disasters Emergency Committee calls for urgent response to humanitarian emergency unfolding in east Africa, with 16 million people facing hunger
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