Ethiopian Air Force accounts for 304 civilian deaths, 373 injuries in Tigray since December

At least 300 people have died and more than 350 have been injured between November last year and February this year in multiple airstrikes carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) in Tigray and the Afar region, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
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Gunmen attack passenger train in northwest Nigeria

Gunmen attacked a passenger train in northwest Nigeria Monday night, opening fire after detonating explosives on the track, but were repelled by troops without causing casualties, a security source and friends of passengers told AFP.
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Senegal's water-stressed capital faces difficult future

Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry. "We wake up at 4 or 5 am to get water, says Sidy Fall, 44, in her kitchen in a working-class neighbourhood, filled with large bottles of stored water.
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Hotel, choppers seized as Zambia steps up anti-graft drive

President Hakainde Hichilema took office last year with the kind of anti-corruption promises that Zambians have learned to take with a grain of salt. This week, those promises became more real. Two former ministers were arrested within 48 hours of each other, including ex-justice minister Given Lubinda, who now leads the party that lost to Hichilema's.
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Nigeria's ruling party names new chief to end disunity

Nigeria's ruling party has appointed a new chair at a national convention meant to end infighting as it prepares to select a candidate to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 election.
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Egypt police abusing Sudanese refugees

Egyptian police have arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, subjecting some to abuse and "forced physical labour", Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.
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African mask sold for over R67m in France despite protest

A carved mask from Central Africa, dating from the 19th century, was sold in France for 4.2 million euros (over R67 million) on Saturday, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house calling for the item's "'restitution".
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Tigray conflict: Ethiopia declares 'indefinite humanitarian truce'

Ethiopia's government on Thursday declared "an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately", saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation.
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75% of Tigray population facing severe hunger as war rages in Ethiopia

An estimated 75% of the seven million population in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region have employed extreme coping strategies, with food aid, healthcare and other basic human needs cut off.
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