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Sudan on Monday said that negotiations over Ethiopia's massive and controversial dam construction on the Blue Nile have been postponed for a week.
Sudan has complained to the US that it has not taken into account changes since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in its recent warnings against travel to the country
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Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
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Egypt grapples with women's freedoms online as #MeToo re-emerges
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Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins
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MSF has a flaw its white saviours can't solve
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Iran prison officials' pleas for virus help ignored: Amnesty
Iran has ignored repeated requests from senior prison officials to contain Covid-19 in jails.
WHO issues guidelines for Eid amid ‘stabilizing’ coronavirus situation
The WHO has issued a series of guidelines regarding religious gatherings and animal slaughter as Muslims across the world prepare to celebrate ...
Egypt's military gambit in Libya risks backfiring
Cairo's bellicose rhetoric has raised fears of a wider regional conflict.
Preventing a global education disaster
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Banksy triptych raises $3 million for Palestinian hospital
A Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank is set to receive a large donation, after British street artist Banksy raised nearly $3 million ...
The UAE's hidden hand in Tunisia's political crisis
As Tunisia becomes embroiled in a political crisis, questions are being raised about the UAE's role.
UN announces start of Libya Central Bank audit
The audit approval follows months of international pressure.
Tunisian man in coma transported 'illegally' to Italy
A Tunisian family has taken the drastic step of taking their 18-year-old son, who has been in a four-year-long coma, to Italy for treatment on ...
Somali prime minister axed in no-confidence vote
A whopping 170 of parliament's 178 MPs backed a no confidence motion against Hassan Ali Khaire.
Palestinian vets launch Gaza's first spay-and-neuter programme
Struggling with high numbers of stray cats and dogs, Gaza's only animal rescue organisation has started the Palestinian territory's first ...
Africa's coronavirus cases surpass 800,000
Health experts have warned the virus could “smoulder” in parts of the continent for a long time.
US says photos show Russian arms supplies to Libya
The Pentagon released satellite photographs that it said shows Russian-backed Wagner-supplied military equipment 'on the front lines' of the ...
How the West lost influence in Libya's war
Libya's conflict has exposed deep divides within the EU and Nato, leaving non-Western powers to fill the vacuum.
Handpicking historians to discuss France-Algeria's colonial history won't help
Comment: Algeria and France are about to have a long overdue discussion about their colonial past. But will it be anything other than ...
Syria's predictable faux election still had a few surprises
Syria's parliamentary elections resulted in another predictably huge win for the ruling Baath Party, but there were still some insights into the ...
The trio of African Union countries appear to have come together to discuss the controversial dam.
Analysis: Ports in the Horn of Africa risk becoming new flashpoints in Middle East rivalries.
Turkey will lead the Joint Task Force to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
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