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Burkina Faso releases 11 Nigerian troops after ‘unauthorised’ plane landing
Military personnel told they can return to Nigeria after actions described as ‘unfriendly act’
Authorities in Burkina Faso have released 11 Nigerian military personnel held after a cargo plane from Lagos made an “unauthorised” emergency landing in its second largest city,
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DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels clash with Congolese army and other groups as they march on strategic eastern town
About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic eastern town just days after Donald Trump
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US puts sanctions on network said to funnel Colombian mercenaries to Sudan
US treasury accuses Colombian nationals and companies of aiding the RSF, which has committed horrific war crimes
The United States has sanctioned four people and four companies accused of enlisting
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Nigerian troops held in Burkina Faso after ‘unfriendly’ emergency landing
Unauthorised touchdown comes less than 24 hours after Nigerian forces intervened in attempted coup in Benin
Eleven Nigerian military personnel are being held in Burkina Faso after a Nigerian plane reportedly entered Burkinabé airspace without authorisation on Monday, the latest twist in a region enmeshed in multiple political and security crises.
In a statement on Monday evening,
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False claims Afrikaners are persecuted threaten South Africa’s sovereignty, says president
Cyril Ramaphosa says theories, promoted by Donald Trump, ‘conveniently align with wider notions of white supremacy’
White supremacist ideology and false claims that South Africa’s Afrikaner minority is being racially persecuted pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty and national security, the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned.
Since taking office for his second
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US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’
Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the Caribbean
Senior Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican
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Kilmar Ábrego García ordered released from ICE custody in fight over Trump immigration
Maryland judge freed Ábrego as his case becomes a partisan flashpoint in battle over Trump’s deportation agenda
A federal court in Maryland has ordered the release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE custody on Thursday, and he will be advised on his release conditions in his separate Tennessee criminal case.
The
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Former Bolivian president Luis Arce detained on corruption charges
Allegations he allowed state funds for Indigenous projects to be transferred to government officials’ accounts
Bolivia’s former president Luis Arce was detained on Wednesday on charges that he “enabled illicit enrichment” by allegedly allowing state funds earmarked for Indigenous communities to be transferred into government officials’ personal accounts.
Arce served as Bolivia’s
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Venezuelan Nobel laureate backs US seizure of oil tanker
María Corina Machado says action was ‘very necessary step’ to confront Nicolás Maduro’s ‘criminal’ regime
Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina
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UK denies Milei’s claim of talks over Falklands-era ban on Argentina arms sales
British government also rejects president’s claims on sovereignty over Falkland Islands as he suggests wanting to make Argentina a ‘world military power’
The British government has denied it is engaged in negotiations to lift a ban on selling arms to Argentina that has been in place since the Falklands war.
Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, told the Daily Telegraph his
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