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November 30, 2023
German Court Sentences Former Gambian President's Guard for Murder

MUNICH, BANJUL — A German court on Thursday sentenced a driver in the elite guard of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh to life in prison for crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder that led to the death of a journalist and two other opponents of his rule.
November 30, 2023
Gunmen Kidnap At least 8 People in Northern Nigeria

KADUNA — Gunmen kidnapped at least eight people in an attack on the Dan Honu community in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, residents said on Thursday.
November 30, 2023
Israel, Hamas Strike Last Minute Deal, Extend Cease-Fire

Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their cease-fire for a seventh day, while Washington hoped the truce could be extended further to free more hostages and let aid reach Gaza.
November 30, 2023
Africa CDC Chief Says Climate Change is the Biggest Threat to Human Health

LONDON — Climate change is the biggest threat to human health in Africa and the rest of the world, the head of the continent's public health agency said.
November 30, 2023
Impala Platinum Mine Halts Operations in S. Africa’s North West Province After Mine Deaths

Eleven workers have died and 75 injured at a mining complex in South Africa’s North West province, in what Impala Platinum's chief executive has described as "the darkest day" in the company's history. Impala Platinum has halted operations at its Rustenberg complex in South Africa after the tragic incident. David Doyle of Reuters has the details.
November 29, 2023
Islamic Jihad Releases Israeli Hostages, Hamas Announces Death of Family

GAZA/JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said on Wednesday it had handed over several civilian hostages as part of an exchange deal with Israel, on the final day of a two-day extension of a truce in the Gaza war.
November 29, 2023
EU Cancels DRC Election Observation Mission

EU spokesperson Nabila Massrali told Reuters on Tuesday that election observers were already in Kinshasa and were supposed to be deployed across the country on Nov. 21, but that they were not able to go for security reasons
November 29, 2023
Nigeria Plans to Slash 2024 Budget Deficit

ABUJA — Nigeria plans to narrow its budget deficit to roughly 3.9% of gross domestic product, GDP next year from about 6.1% this year, President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday.
November 29, 2023
Extended Truce Reunites Israeli and Palestinian Families

Israel's military confirmed that Hamas released 10 Israeli citizens and two foreign nationals Tuesday, in their ongoing ceasefire with Israeli forces. As part of the truce, Israel also reportedly released 30-Palestinian prisoners. The total number of hostages released by Hamas stands at 81 as of Tuesday. The 60 Israelis freed are all women and children. The initial four-day truce, was extended to six days.
November 28, 2023
Sudanese General Says the UAE Is Involved in His Country's Civil War

CAIRO - A top Sudanese general has said the United Arab Emirates is sending supplies to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), publicly accusing the UAE of involvement in its war with its powerful paramilitary rival for the first time.
November 28, 2023
El Nino Floods Cause Deaths and Displacement in Kenya, Somalia

NAIROBI — Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed 120 people in Kenya, while people in almost 90,000 households have been forced to leave their homes, the government said on Tuesday.
November 28, 2023
Israel, Hamas Hopeful of Further Truce Extensions

A source with information on talks involving Qatar, spy chiefs from Israel's Mossad and the U.S.'s CIA at a meeting to "build progress" said Israel and Hamas have expressed hope of extending a truce that will pave way to the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
November 28, 2023
Sierra Leonean Minister: Weekend Attacks Were a Failed Coup

FREETOWN — Sierra Leone's Information Minister Chernor Bah on Tuesday said attacks that happened in the nation's capital, Freetown, on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the government.
November 28, 2023
Kenyan Court Rules Housing Levy 'Unconstitutional'

Kenya's High Court has ruled a housing levy — introduced as part of a controversial finance law in June — to be unconstitutional. David Doyle of Reuters has more details.
November 28, 2023
Belgian, Moroccan Police Arrest Suspect of School Bomb Alert in Brussels

BRUSSELS —Belgian and Moroccan police arrested a suspect that was in the North African nation and was linked to an extortion case that led to the closing of schools in Belgium due to a bomb alert, the country's prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.
November 28, 2023
Ivory Coast Tourist Hotspots Battle Coastal Erosion, Rogue Waves

On a shrinking strip of beach in southeast Ivory Coast, hotel owner Habib Hassan Nassar has to stack thousands of sandbags each week to protect his property from the rising sea.
November 28, 2023
Niger Revokes Anti-Migration Law Favored By the EU

NIAMEY - Niger's junta has revoked an anti-migration law that had helped reduce the flow of West Africans to Europe but which was reviled by desert dwellers whose economies had long relied on the traffic, it said on Monday.
November 27, 2023
Musk Backs Israel, Calls for End to 'Murderous Propaganda,' in X Chat with Israeli PM

Entrepreneur Elon Musk voiced support for Israel on Monday after it came under attack by Palestinian militant group, Hamas, saying one challenge was "ultimately stopping the propaganda that is convincing people to engage in, you know, murder." After hearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Hamas must be destroyed in a live chat on his X platform, formerly Twitter, Musk said: "There's no choice." The tech billionaire was on an unusual visit to Israel — during a four-day pause to the fighting — and held a live online discussion with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Musk has himself been accused of incitement after agreeing on November 15 with a post that falsely claimed Jews were stoking hatred against white people.
November 27, 2023
Netanyahu Wages a Two-Front War—Including One For His Political Survival

JERUSALEM —Facing a huge wave of criticism over his failure to prevent the shock Hamas infiltration of Israel on October 7, Netanyahu has largely avoided the limelight while conducting a two-front war, one against Hamas and the other for his own political survival.
November 27, 2023
Kidnappers Abduct At Least 150 People from Nigeria's Zamfara State

KANO —At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday.

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