Putin likens West’s sanctions on Russia to ‘anti-Semitic pogroms’
For Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the avalanche of Western sanctions imposed on Russians…
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Russia exits Council of Europe over Ukraine invasion
Russia on Wednesday ceased to be a member of the Council of Europe after over a quarter of a century…
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Algeria’s 60 years of complex relations with former occupier France
In the 60 years since Algeria won independence from France, it has gone through multiple crises with…
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Ex-Zambian president Rupiah Banda dies at 85
Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda died on Friday at the age of 85 after a long battle with…
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France’s Sahel chief says ‘no redeployment’ to Niger from Mali
The head of France’s anti-jihadist mission in the Sahel on Friday said French forces that were…
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Uruguay’s century-old Russian colony troubled over war from afar
Far away from Kyiv and even further from Moscow, residents of the small Uruguayan village of San Javier,…
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Guatemala Congress ramps up prison sentence for abortion, bans gay marriage
Guatemala’s conservative-led Congress approved on Tuesday a law ramping up the prison sentence…
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Rights group combats underage marriage in Morocco’s ‘marginalised’ areas
Najat Ikhich, head of the YTTO rights group which has been working for more than ten years to combat…
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Dozens killed in violence in disputed SSudan region
Several dozen people have been killed in a spasm of intercommunal violence in a disputed area of South…
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Tanzania opposition leader’s release stirs cautious hope
The release of Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe last week raised hopes of an easing of political…
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