West African leaders arrived in Bamako on a high-risk mission aimed at calming Mali’s political crisis, which lasted for weeks and has raised concerns about further instability in a country facing multiple crises, including an escalating conflict. Thursday’s visit by the presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal …
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Aid workers belonged to different humanitarian agencies, and a member of the security staff working with the team was among the hostages, said Eve Sabbagh, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The UN said it had been trying to secure the release of the …
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FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends a press conference on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2019 REUTERS / Denis Balibouse GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – Researchers are making “good …
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed He has praised the “historic” early filling of the massive dam on the Blue Nile River that has fueled tensions with countries downstream Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa had long said that it planned to start filling the dam reservoir this month, in the middle …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of trying to invade its continental shelf in a serious escalation of tensions between the two NATO allies at odds over a number of issues. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gestures as he meets German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Maximos …
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