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UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking following a spate of coups in Africa, says they are not the solution and only make crises worse.Sourced from Africanews
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“We are extremely alarmed that at least 43 people were killed, including a policeman, and 56 injured during demonstrations on Wednesday in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We have received information indicating that the death toll may be higher.” Ravina Shamdasani, SpokespersonSourced from Africanews
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The ICRC in a statement Friday said a further 110 wounded people have been taken to hospitals in the past week by the Somali Red Crescent Society amid clashes that have continued for months in and around Las-Anod. The statement did not identify the dead or those to blame.Sourced from Africanews
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Victims of the protest in Goma that turned into clashes between protesters and the armed forces are being treated for severe injuries in nearby hospitals as national authorities estimate the death toll at more than 40 people with many injured.Sourced from Africanews
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Sixteen men and two women suspected of being part of a gang that robbed armored vans were killed Friday in a shootout with South African police in a rural northern region.Sourced from Africanews
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Senegal on Friday temporarily brought back into service a long-closed railway line to take worshippers to an annual religious festival.Sourced from Africanews
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The Kenyan government unveiled plans to roll out electric motorbikes across the country on Friday. President William Ruto announced the initiative with African startup Spiro just days before he hosts the first Africa Climate Summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi next week.Sourced from Africanews
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The mysterious, solitary, and invincible vigilante played by actor Denzel Washington is back in the limelight in Antoine Fuqua’s Equalizer 3. Sourced from Africanews
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A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in public. Source UN News
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Afghanistan’s Logar province is one of the most conservative areas in the country. Even before the decision of the de-facto authorities to suspend girls’ access to beyond primary education, most families did not let their girls go to school. Most girls and women in this province are illiterate. Source UN News
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