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The EU offers aid to an increasingly autocratic Tunisian government to stem migration

4:57am July 18, 2023

Europe is offering much-needed money to the Tunisian government in an effort to stem a wave of migration. But it means supporting a government that's become increasingly autocratic.

A man inspects damage as he walks through the rubble by a destroyed car outside a house that was hit by an artillery shell in the Azhari district in the south of Khartoum on June 6, 2023.

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The conflict in Sudan enters its fourth month with no sign of a peaceful resolution

1:09pm July 17, 2023

There is no sign of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Sudan. Millions of Sudanese civilians continue to be displaced as the country teeters on the brink of full-scale civil war.

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The conflict in Sudan enters its fourth month with no sign of a peaceful resolution

7:41am July 17, 2023

There is no sign of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Sudan. Millions of Sudanese civilians continue to be displaced as the country teeters on the brink of full-scale civil war.

Beautician Murphy Oyewole at his salon at Balogun Market, Lagos Island, Lagos.

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Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping?

12:59pm July 13, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

When the government ended its fuel subsidy in May, the cost of gas, food and public transport all jumped. On buses, customers double up in seats — "lapping' they call it — to split a fare.

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Fuel prices have tripled in Nigeria, squeezing millions who are already struggling

4:25pm July 12, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

In Nigeria, fuel costs have tripled over the last month and are expected to rise even further, a major hit to millions of people who are struggling to get by already.

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Egypt is suffering neither war nor chaos, but people are migrating away anyway

4:25pm July 12, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

Egyptians were among the hundreds of migrants on a ship that sank off of Greece last month. The deadly voyage cast a spotlight on the number of Egyptians risking it all for a chance at a better life.

Giraffes wait in a truck before they are unloaded at Iona National Park in Angola.

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For the first time in decades, Angolan giraffes now populate a park in Angola

5:12pm July 11, 2023

by Megan Lim

After a logistically complicated journey of over 36 hours, 14 juvenile giraffes have made it to their subspecies' native homeland in Iona National Park.

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A covered body across from an armored vehicle on a street in the West Darfur state capital El Geneina on June 16, amid ongoing fighting between forces led by two generals in Sudan.

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In Sudan's Darfur, a rights group calls for an investigation into mounting atrocities

4:40pm July 11, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Human Rights Watch is calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate attacks the rights group says amount to war crimes in West Darfur.

People queue for a free malaria test in Lagos, Nigeria. The country has one of the highest national death tolls from the mosquito-borne disease. A new vaccine offers hope. But logistics could prevent it from reaching the arms of those who are eligible.

New malaria vaccine offers a ray of hope to Nigeria. There's just one thing ...

7:32am July 11, 2023

by Tolani Yesufu

The country's toll makes up nearly a third of the world's 619,000 malaria deaths each year. Now Nigeria has approved a new vaccine. Will it get into the arms of those who need it most?

U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pictured in Nairobi, Kenya in May. Guterres says Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war," as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum.

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The U.N. secretary-general says Sudan is on the brink of a 'full-scale civil war'

2:25pm July 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region.