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Clashes as Egypt leader’s backers, foes rally

YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the...

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Obama yet to have African legacy like predecessors

YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 20240

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father’s home...

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In Africa, Obama lauds democracy but urges progress on gay rights

YoopyaJune 27, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 27, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama, kicking off a long-awaited African tour, lauded a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage as a victory for democracy and...

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Obama sees a hopeful democratic example in Senegal

YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 20230

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The hopeful story President Barack Obama wants to tell about Africa is represented in the first stop of his weeklong trip...

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South Africa waits after Mandela’s condition worsens

YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africans prepared on Thursday to say farewell to ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela after his condition deteriorated further in hospital, forcing President...

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Mugabe heads to Singapore for health check before vote

YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe left for a medical check-up in Singapore on Tuesday, his spokesman said, a month before an election in which...

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South African archbishop prays for Mandela

YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 11, 2024

by YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African archbishop who visited Nelson Mandela in a hospital has offered a prayer in which he wishes for a “peaceful,...

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On trip to Africa, Obama must play catch up

YoopyaJune 25, 2013August 11, 2024

by YoopyaJune 25, 2013August 11, 20240

(Reuters) – It is a comparison President Barack Obama may not relish: when it comes to Africa, he’s no Bill Clinton. Or even George W. Bush for...

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Angelina Jolie urges U.N. Security Council to act on war zone rape

YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – Actress Angelina Jolie urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to make dealing with war zone rape a top priority as she shared...

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South Africa: Mandela still in critical condition

YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa’s president who described the...