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US-Taliban talks resume in Doha after two-day break
Taliban and officials from the United States resume Afghanistan peace talks in Doha on Saturday after a two-day break in a bid to end the 17-year war. These talks mark the highest level negotiations
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Burkina Faso showcases African films at festival
African cinema is being celebrated at a top film festival in Burkina Faso with more than 160 pictures are being featured in this year's line up. Despite the growing market for African cinema, African
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Afghanistan war: Women voice concern at conference
Thousands of women have met in provinces across Afghanistan to ensure their rights are protected during the ongoing peace negotiations. As the Taliban and the United States hold talks to end the Afghanistan war,
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Son of former Algeria PM dies during anti-Bouteflika protests
The son of Algeria's first prime minister has died while taking part in a protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office, a government official and a family member said on
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Hundreds protest against child marriage in Lebanon
DEIR EZZOR, Syria: Hareth Najem fled Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan’s family had died two years earlier in airstrikes across the border in Al-Qaim region. “I had
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Algeria’s Bouteflika names director for his campaign to seek a fifth presidential term
DEIR EZZOR, Syria: Hareth Najem fled Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan’s family had died two years earlier in airstrikes across the border in Al-Qaim region. “I had
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Yemeni government calls on Iran to stop supporting Houthis, as 30 militia killed
DEIR EZZOR, Syria: Hareth Najem fled Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan’s family had died two years earlier in airstrikes across the border in Al-Qaim region. “I had
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Women land defenders face ‘extreme criminalisation’, added risks
El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan Q'eqchi' community on the western edge of Lake Izabal. The
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Why won’t Bouteflika step down?
Unfit for the job. That's how hundreds of thousands of Algerians describe President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. And in large-scale protests - rarely seen in Algeria - they've poured onto the streets demanding he pull out
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Using dance to get Nigeria’s street kids back in school
Lagos, Nigeria - Blessing was nine years old when she stopped going to school nearly eight years ago. Her family simply couldn't afford it. "I was just at home doing nothing " Blessing, now


