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Brazil to ‘write off’ African debt
Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt with Africa.
Read More »Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's president directly on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
Read More »Two rockets hit Hezbollah district of Beirut
At least three people have been injured by a rocket strike on the southern part of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Read More »France army in key Mali withdrawal
The BBC's Alex Duval Smith watched as the French convoy began its journey from Mali to Ivory Coast France has begun a key stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out from the north.
Read More »Sonia Gandhi 'devastated' by India Chhattisgarh ambush
The president of India's Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, has said she is "devastated" by Saturday's attack on party officials in Chhattisgarh state.
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- Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children
- AU leaders mark 50th anniversary
- French army begins Mali withdrawal
- South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
- US Boy Scouts to allow gay members
- Thousands at author Achebe's funeral
- Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
- London Heathrow Airport runways closed
- Nigeria author Achebe to be buried
- UN chief begins DR Congo visit
- FBI: Man shot dead during Boston bombings questioning
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