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Guinea-Bissau opposition chief wins presidential election

Opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo has won presidential elections in the volatile West African state of Guinea-Bissau, picking up 53.55 percent of

Court sentences 27 security agents to death over teacher’s killing in detention

A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging over the killing of a teacher in detention in

Internet banned in India’s Uttar Pradesh amid anger over killings

Indian authorities have stepped up security in major cities and mobile data services were suspended in some places amid nationwide protests against a

General Assembly approves UN’s $3.07bn budget for 2020

The General Assembly has adopted a budget of 3.07 billion dollars for the United Nations in 2020. It followed the consideration of the report of the A

Death toll in Mogadishu car bombing rises to 73, hospital says

At least, 73 people have died in a car bombing on Saturday morning in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the head of the Medina hospital, Mohamed Yusuf,