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Iran accuses the United States of bombing civilian infrastructure
Iranian state media are reporting that bridges, a train station, and an airport were among the sites hit, amid renewed airstrikes.
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Senegal: Ex-president Sall arrives back for meeting with successor
Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, arrived in Dakar Friday for a brief meeting with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors.
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Algeria battles intense wildfires amid heatwave
Algeria continues to battle intense wildfires amid high temperatures, with authorities saying they have mobilised significant resources to fight them.
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Messi, Lamine Yamal's baby photo goes viral ahead of their meeting in the WC final
The baby in the photo â which has now gone viral â was none other than Lamine Yamal, the Spanish wunderkind who at 16 was showing such promise that he was already being compared to the greats of the sport.
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@africanews 7 hours ago
Ivory Coast fashion designers storm the international stage
Favoured by the likes of Beyoncé and Aya Nakamura, Ivory Coast fashion is wooing the world stage, thanks in part to showcasing on social media.
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Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach
On a rocky Cape Verde beach, Maria and Vania fill their buckets with black sand the moment that waves recede, transporting it on their heads to a stockpile where it will be sold illegally.
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@africanews 8 hours ago
China rescuers race to find trapped people after landslide
China launched a large-scale rescue operation after a landslide struck Pengshui County in Chongqing municipality on 17 July, burying part of a residential area and trapping an unknown number of people.
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India launches first hydrogen-powered passenger train to cut emissions
India launches its first hydrogen-powered passenger train, NaMo Green Rail, boosting clean rail transport and cutting diesel emissions.
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Cameroon launches tax recovery operation in the gold sector
This is part of a series of new measures to regain control over the gold sector to enhance its contribution to economic development.
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Five candidates confirmed for Sao Tome and Principe presidential race
The Constitutional Court validated, on 16 June, five of the six candidacies: the incumbent President Carlos Vila Nova, running for a second term; former Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus; the parliamentary leader of the ADI, Nito Dâ Abreu; as well as jurists Miques João Bonfim and Eugénio Tiny.
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America tightens rules for international students starting September
The Trump administration has confirmed tough new rules for foreign students in the US, set to take effect in September.
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Nigeria repatriates 1,490 nationals from South Africa after xenophobic violence
Nigeria has completed the voluntary repatriation of its citizens from South Africa after weeks of xenophobic attacks and anti-immigration protests, the Nigerian foreign ministry said on Thursday.
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Tensions as Guinea-Bissau freezes ties with Cape Verde over claims of interference
Praia earlier this week requested that Bissau swiftly release the countryâ s main opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira.
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"Shangwe, le bal": a dance project full of joy
On a sweltering afternoon in the French city of Lyon, around 60 dancers fully ignored the heat to immerse themselves in a festive performance brought to them by Kenyan-American choreographer and dancer Wanjiru Kamuyu.
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DRC: Uvira's displaced lose hope as US ultimatum on Rwanda troops expires
The US ultimatum for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC expired on Wednesday but thereâ s been no let up in the fighting. Now thousands of displaced families in Uvira are seeing their hopes of returning home slip away.
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