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• May 04, 2023

  Germany Backs Permanent AU G20 Seat

  BERLIN - Germany on Thursday called for the African Union to get a permanent seat in the Group of 20 major economies in the hopes of elevating the continent's role.

• May 04, 2023

  Niger Keeps Uranium Mine Open

  NIAMEY - The government of Niger and French nuclear firm Orano on Thursday signed a deal to extend the operational life of the country's sole uranium mine.

• May 04, 2023

  US March Trade Deficit Shrinks

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade gap narrowed in March as exports of goods including industrial supplies rose, according to government data released Thursday, but trade flows could weaken going forward.

• May 04, 2023

  S. Africa Wants Buckingham Bling Returned

  JOHANNESBURG - The coronation of King Charles III has rekindled calls for Britain to return to South Africa the world's largest diamond - the centerpiece of the scepter he will hold at Saturday's ceremony.

• May 04, 2023

  France: Italy PM 'Incapable' of Fixing Migrant Crisis

  PARIS - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "is incapable of resolving the migration problems" faced by her country, France's interior minister said Thursday in comments that risk fueling tensions between Paris and Rome.

• May 04, 2023

  Nur: 'No Winners' in Sudan Struggle

  JUIBA - Sudan exiled rebel leader Abdel Wahid Nur - a veteran of decades of fighting in the troubled Darfur region - says there can be "no winner" in the war now raging between two rival generals.

• May 04, 2023

  'Starvation Cult' Pastor Back in Kenya Dock

  MOMBASA, KENYA - One of Kenya's highest profile pastors, Ezekiel Odero, appeared in the dock on Thursday in connection with the horrific discovery last month of dozens of bodies in mass graves.

• May 04, 2023

  Rwanda Mourns Higher Flood Toll

  RUBAVU, RWANDA - Rwandans grieved Thursday for lost loved ones and destroyed homes after powerful floods and landslides tore through the country killing at least 130 people and leaving many thousands homeless.

• May 04, 2023

  Benin Probing Northern Violence

  COTONOU - President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation into military operations after deadly violence by "criminals" in northern Benin killed around 15 people, a government spokesman said.

• May 04, 2023

  Zelenskyy Visits ICC

  UPDATED WITH WHITE HOUSE DENIAL OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT: THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Thursday at the International Criminal Court in The Hague under heavy security, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

• May 04, 2023

  New Alzheimer's Drug Helps Cognition

  WASHINGTON - U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly on May 3 announced its experimental Alzheimer's drug significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline, results hailed as "remarkable" by experts despite some patients experiencing serious side effects.

• May 03, 2023

  Sierra Leone Presidential Challenger Cleared to Run

  FREETOWN - The biggest rival to Sierra Leone's outgoing president in upcoming elections, Samura Kamara, has cleared a key hurdle that could have barred him from contesting the ballot.

• May 03, 2023

  No Pact as Addis - OLA Talks End

  ADDIS ABABA - Initial talks between Ethiopia's government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group ended on Wednesday without yielding any agreement, both sides said, while voicing willingness to pursue the dialogue.

• May 03, 2023

  Olympic Medalist Tori Bowie Dies

  LOS ANGELES - Tori Bowie, the 100m silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2017 world champion, has died at the age of 32, USATF and her management company said on Wednesday.

• May 03, 2023

  Pirates Strike Off Gabon

  LIBREVILLE - The Russian skipper of a U.S.-owned bulk carrier was kidnapped along with two of his officers, both Georgian, when their vessel was attacked by pirates outside a Gabonese port, officials said Wednesday.

• May 03, 2023

  Zambia Raids Ex-President Over 'Stolen' Cars

  LUSAKA - Dozens of heavily armed police officers on Wednesday raided the residence of Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu and impounded cars they said were allegedly stolen by the ex-first lady.

• May 03, 2023

  No Papers, No Escape From Sudan

  KHARTOUM - Before fighting broke out dozens of Sudanese had applied for visas, handing over their travel documents and other papers. But since the outbreak of violence, one embassy after another has closed and evacuated its staff, leaving many of those passports missing and their holders stranded.

• May 03, 2023

  Zimbabwe Oppo MP Gets Conviction Election Ban

  HARARE - A popular opposition politician in Zimbabwe, Job Sikhala, on Wednesday was convicted in a high-profile trial of obstruction of justice, a move that bars him from contesting upcoming elections.

• May 03, 2023

  Germany to Exit Mali by May 2024

  BERLIN - The German government said on Wednesday it decided to end its participation in the U.N. mission in Mali by next May over problems with the ruling junta.

• May 03, 2023

  Chemical Weapons Monitors Destroying Stockpiles

  NOOTDORP, NETHERLANDS - The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that the process of destroying tens of thousands of tons of declared chemical stockpiles will be completed "within the next few weeks."

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