SOMALIA: Puntland region asks UAE to stay as Gulf split deepens
Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region urged the United Arab Emirates not to close its security operations in the country after a dispute wit
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BURUNDI: Govt leads violent crackdown ahead of vote – rights group
Human Rights Watch says Burundi government forces and members of the ruling party have killed, beaten and intimidated people they regard as opponents
NAMIBIA: People killed by hippos and crocodiles to be compensated
Namibia is to compensate the families of people killed by wild animals, including crocodile and hippos, with up to 100,000 Namibian dollars ($8,330; &
SENEGAL: Mayor jailed for contempt of court
A Senegalese politician has been sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs ($188; £132) for “contemp
UNITED STATES: US jet makes
A US passenger jet has made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after part of the covering on its left engine got ripped off. A window and part of th