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Kenya children buried in landslide after heavy rain

YoopyaApr 17, 20130

Two children have been trapped in their home after a landslide in western Kenya, police have told the BBC. They were asleep in a village

Ivory Coast wants drones to monitor Liberia border

YoopyaApr 17, 2013May 27, 20230

Ivory Coast has asked the United Nations for drones to monitor its border with Liberia. The country’s UN envoy believes drones are needed to make

Zanzibari singer Bi Kidude dies

YoopyaApr 17, 2013May 27, 20230

Thought to be more than 100 years old, she was a legendary performer of Taarab, a style of Swahili Arab-influenced music. In 2005, she was

Pakistan bears brunt of Iranian earthquake, 13 killed

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

(Reuters) – A major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook

Syria: Bashar al-Assad cuts prison sentences

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Bashar al-Assad has cut prisoners’ sentences in Syria to mark a national holiday The move reduced prison terms of inmates held for both crimes and

Bahrain: Police ‘fire tear gas’ at boys’ school

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Police in Bahrain have fired tear gas and clashed with students in a raid on a secondary school in the capital, Manama, reports say.

India police ‘kill nine Maoists’ in Chhattisgarh

YoopyaApr 16, 20130

Police in India say they have killed at least nine Maoist rebels in a clash in the central state of Chhattisgarh. The clash happened when

Venezuela: Maduro declared official poll winner

YoopyaApr 16, 2013January 4, 20250

Venezuela’s election authority has formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Sunday’s closely-fought presidential election. The National Electoral Council backed the slender victory of

China ‘reveals army structure’ in defence white paper

YoopyaApr 16, 2013January 4, 20250

China has revealed the structure of its military units, in what state-run media describe as a first. The army has a total of 850,000 officers,

Police detain son of Senegal ex-president on graft charges

YoopyaApr 16, 2013January 4, 20250

(Reuters) – Senegalese police on Monday arrested Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, on suspicion of illegally amassing some $1.4 billion during