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May 12, 2023
PSG: Messi Starting on Saturday

SAINT GERMAINE EN LAYE, FRANCE - Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier confirmed Lionel Messi "will start" Saturday's Ligue 1 game against Ajaccio, marking the Argentinian superstar's return from suspension.
May 12, 2023
Med Migrant Crossings at Record High

WARSAW - Migrant crossings through the Mediterranean have reached unprecedented levels as increasingly organized smuggling gangs are producing makeshift boats much more easily, the head of the European Union's border agency told AFP.
May 12, 2023
RSV Treatment Shows Good Results

PARIS - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced trial results on Friday that showed its preventative treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduced the rate of babies being hospitalized by more than 80 percent.
May 12, 2023
500 Malians Killed by Both Sides

DAKAR - The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited U.N. report released on Friday.
May 12, 2023
Sudan Conflict Crushing Small Businesses

KHARTOUM - With fighting in Khartoum showing no signs of abating, small business owners are struggling to stay afloat amid shortages of goods and customers.
May 12, 2023
'Zelda' Gamers Gobble New Release

PARIS - Video game fans around the world flocked to shops on Friday to get their hands on the new edition of "Zelda", one of the most successful franchises in history and now central to the success of Japanese giant Nintendo.
May 12, 2023
UN: Nearly 200,000 Have Fled Sudan

GENEVA - Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, the U.N. said Friday.
May 11, 2023
Adidas: 'Yeezy' Gear Cash Goes to Charity

FRANKFURT - Adidas will sell at least part of its huge inventory of Kanye West's Yeezy products and donate the proceeds, the German sportswear group's boss said Thursday.
May 11, 2023
UN Rights Council Amps Sudan Watch

GENEVA - The United Nations top rights body narrowly decided Thursday to beef up monitoring of abuses amid Sudan's grinding conflict, despite vehement opposition from Khartoum.
May 11, 2023
Ghana President Makes Burkina Faso Visit

OUAGADOUGOU - Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo made his first visit to neighboring Burkina Faso on Wednesday after a storm triggered by remarks about Russian mercenaries, the Burkinabe presidency confirmed Thursday.
May 11, 2023
Fighters Fill Fled Khartoum Homes

KHARTOUM - Like many forced to fleet heir homes, "Mohamed" said that when he finally returned to his flat, he found heavily armed paramilitaries had moved in. He discovered his Khartoum apartment block had become like a military barracks filled with weapons and ammunition."
May 11, 2023
US April Wholesale Prices Slightly Up

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices picked up again in April, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department, fueled by a jump in portfolio management prices.
May 11, 2023
World's Internally Displaced Reach Record High

GENEVA - A "perfect storm" of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday.
May 11, 2023
Mauritania Holds Saturday MP Elections

NOUAKCHOTT - Voters in the West African state of Mauritania head to the polls on Saturday for legislative and local elections that will serve as a key test ahead of presidential elections next year.
May 11, 2023
Biden Targets Fossil Fuel Power

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's power stations, as part of the United States' efforts to combat climate change.
May 11, 2023
Zambia Seeks Economic 'Partnerships' Lowering Debt

PARIS - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said his copper-rich country needs to forge diverse economic partnerships worldwide to extract itself from a debt burden he described as a "python around our necks."
May 10, 2023
Senegal's Sonko Calls for Protest Over Court Ruling

Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko has called on his supporters to take to the streets in response to a recent court ruling that threatens his candidacy in upcoming presidential elections. Sonko had received a two-month suspended sentence and a hefty fine in March for defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang. A Dakar appeals court on Monday upheld the fine and increased his suspended sentence to six months, potentially making him ineligible for the vote.
May 10, 2023
US Army BLM Protestor Killer Gets 25 Years

AUSTIN, TEXAS - A U.S. Army sergeant plans to appeal his 25-year prison sentence for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas, and will cooperate with efforts by the state's Republican governor to issue a pardon, his attorney said Wednesday.
May 10, 2023
Kidnapped Kaduna Churchgoers Freed

KANO - Gunmen freed more of the 25 people kidnapped for ransom from a Baptist church in northwest Nigeria over the weekend, some of them abandoned by their captors because of ill health or old age, a senior church leader said on Wednesday.
May 10, 2023
Cameroon Bus Plunge Kills At Least Fourteen

DOUALA - Fourteen people died when a bus plunged off the road in eastern Cameroon, Transport Minister Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe said Wednesday, giving a provisional toll.

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