Rio police draws international ire as 25 killed in drug gun battle
RODRIGO VIGA GAIER AT least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio
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Amnesty International
Some 200 rights groups push for U.N. arms embargo on Myanmar
MICHELLE NICHOLS MORE than 200 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have called on the U.N.
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No justice for victims of 2020 Mali protests, coup
ALISON KENTISH IT has been about a year since anti-government demonstrations and a coup in Mali, which saw 18 people,
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Africans slam rich nations
NITA BHALLA CHARITIES in Africa have slammed rich nations for blocking efforts to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, saying this
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Senegal opposition leader released on bail
DIADIE BA SENEGAL opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was indicted and released on bail under judicial supervision yesterday, his lawyer said,
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U.S. calls on AU to exert pressure Tigray
PHIL STEWART U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on the African Union and other international partners to help
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‘Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians’
AMNESTY International has accused Eritrean forces of killing hundreds of civilians in northern Ethiopia over 24 hours last year, an
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Tunisia detains hundreds in protests as Amnesty urges restraint
TUNISIAN have arrested about 1,000 people after several nights of protests as a rights group warned against using excessive force
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Amnesty: rich countries have bought too many COVID-19 vaccines
RICH countries have secured enough coronavirus vaccines to protect their populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021,
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‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths
LIBBY GEORGE IT was after midnight in Lagos on October 21 when Elisha Sunday said he got a call from
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