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May 30, 2023
US May Consumer Confidence Dropped

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence slipped again in May, dragged down by a decline in how people perceive the job market, says a survey released Tuesday. Consumer confidence is important for sales of expensive items such as vehicles that carry payments for years.
May 30, 2023
UN Renews South Sudan Arms Embargo

UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK - The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to extend an arms embargo and sanctions imposed on individuals in troubled South Sudan, urging all parties to "avoid a relapse into widespread conflict."
May 30, 2023
Tripoli Vows Continued Pressure on Traffickers

TRIPOLI - Libya's Tripoli-based government vowed Tuesday to keep fighting smuggling networks and people traffickers after a series of drone strikes sparked claims of political score-settling.
May 30, 2023
Burkina PM Refuses Jihadi Talks

UPDATED WITH NEW INSURGENT ATTACK INFO: OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's prime minister on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with jihadist insurgents who control swathes of the country as officials reported that around 40 people had been killed in fresh attacks.
May 30, 2023
Critics Slam WHO Proposed Pandemic Pact

GENEVA - Shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization's 194 member states are negotiating an international pact for ensuring countries are better equipped to deal with the next health catastrophe, or prevent it altogether, with the aim an agreement by May 2024.
May 30, 2023
Sierra Leone War Criminal Released

FREETOWN - Allieu Kondewa, a militia leader accused of hacking civilians to death and other crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s has been released after serving his prison sentence, a court in the West African nation said.
May 30, 2023
UN Focuses on World's Ice

GENEVA - The United Nations' weather agency announced Tuesday it was making the "cryosphere" a new top priority, saying the melting of sea ice, glaciers and permafrost posed a global threat.
May 30, 2023
Sudan Schools Repurposed as Hospitals

OMDURMAN, SUDAN - In a Sudan school turned makeshift hospital, a volunteer doctor hooks up a patient lying on a desk to an intravenous drip while nurses hand out medicines donated by neighbors.
May 30, 2023
South Africa: Three Murders Per Hour

JOHANNESBURG - Almost three people were murdered every hour in South Africa during the first three months of the year, according to police statistics released on Tuesday.
May 30, 2023
S. Africa Oppo Presses for Putin's Arrest

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian President were to attend a planned summit in the country.
May 30, 2023
Ugandan Makes His Pitch

GUYAZA, UGANDA - Ugandan major league hopeful Dennis Kasumba is off to play in a top-flight amateur baseball league in the United States this summer, the chance of a lifetime for an orphan raised in a slum who dreams of going pro.
May 29, 2023
WHO Moves to Assist Farmers Pivoting from Tobacco Cultivation

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa.
May 29, 2023
Zimbabwe Oppo Raises Voters' Roll Questions

HARARE - Zimbabwe's opposition cried foul on Monday after many voters, including some senior politicians, said their names had been removed or misplaced on the voters' roll ahead of national elections.
May 29, 2023
US Congress Scrambles for Debt Limit OK

WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic leaders scrambled Monday to secure congressional support for a bill aimed at avoiding a catastrophic U.S. debt default - with just one week left before the government starts running out of money.
May 29, 2023
Libya Sets the Rope for Jihadis

MISRATAH - A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 jihadists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the North African country during chaos that followed dictator Moammar Kadhafi's fall, AFP journalists in the court said.
May 29, 2023
Somalia Moves to 'Direct Vote' Elections

MOGADISHU - Somalia will start electing its president and other officials by direct vote next year, the government announced on Sunday, ending a system of indirect voting in the Horn of Africa country that has endured three decades of conflict and clan battles.
May 29, 2023
HRW: 'Respect Protests, DRC'

KINSHASA - Human Rights Watch warned on Monday against encouraging the repression of protest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the president praised a police chief who oversaw a crackdown on a recent demonstration.
May 29, 2023
Tunisians Arrested for Migrant Murder

TUNIS - Three Tunisians including a teenager have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death a migrant from sub-Saharan Africa and wounding five others, a court spokesman said Monday.
May 29, 2023
Niger, Nigeria Jointly Kill Numerous Jihadis

NIAMEY - Niger's army said Monday that 55 jihadists, including several high-ranking combatants affiliated to the Islamic State group, had been killed in a joint operation with Nigeria.
May 29, 2023
Babies Die as Sudan Struggles

PARIS - After war erupted in Khartoum, Dr Abeer Abdullah at Sudan’s largest orphanage tried to care for hundreds of babies and toddlers as the fighting kept most of the staff away. Children’s cries rang through the building as heavy gunfire rocked the surroundings, she said.

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