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Give returning Pollard time to settle back in, says Nienaber

TOULON - Jacques Nienaber says he expects a "realistic performance" from Handre Pollard when the 2019 World Cup winning fly-half makes his first appearance for South Africa in 13 months against Tonga on Sunday. The 29-year-old was initially ruled out..

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Up and down Pakistan seek consistency in World Cup

KARACHI - Just a month ago, Pakistan were riding high as the world's top-ranked ODI team and one of the favourites to win the World Cup in India. But a crushing 228-run defeat to arch-rivals India and a narrow two-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in the..

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UK’s Sunak eyes election as ruling Tories meet

LONDON - Britain's ruling Conservatives gather this weekend for their annual conference, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak bidding to revive the party's flagging fortunes with an apparent reset. The four-day event from Sunday in Manchester, n..

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Nagorno-Karabakh announces dissolution as more than 75,000 flee separatist enclave

The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh said Thursday it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by year's end after a three-decade bid for independence, while Armenian officials said over half of the region&..

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Syrian beekeepers battle both war and climate change

RANKUS - Syrian beekeeper Ibrahim Damiriya struggles to produce honey from his hives on parched land near the capital Damascus after years of war, economic collapse and worsening climate change impacts. "The war bled us dry. We could barely keep our ..

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Africa Union

Morocco will be 2025 AFCON host, 2027 goes to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

[unable to retrieve full-text content] In tonight's edition: Morocco is picked to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025. The 2027 tournament is jointly awarded to East African neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The French Ambassador to Nig..

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South Africa floods: At least 11 people die after Western Cape deluge

AFPBy Nomsa Maseko & Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, Johannesburg and NairobiAt least 11 people have been killed after heavy rain and winds hit South Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town, over the weekend leaving a trail of destruction. A..

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‘I feel ashamed we haven’t done a better job in Sudan,’ says ICC chief prosecutor

Issued on: 27/09/2023 - 16:58Modified: 27/09/2023 - 17:00 Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York. He discussed..

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Benin steps up fight against terrorist groups in north

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Since 2019, when two French citizens were kidnapped from Benin's Pendjari National Park and their local guide murdered, the West African country has been dealing with regular incursions by armed groups, in..

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Kenya promises to end gang warfare and restore peace in Haiti

The Kenyan government will deploy a police force to Haiti by January 2024, aiming to quell the ongoing gang warfare and restore order. During an interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Kenya's foreign affairs minister Alfred Mutua says wi..

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Africa Union

Afcon: Morocco to host in 2025 and Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania in 2027

Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced. A joint East African bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania has also won the rights to hold the 2027 tournament. Morocco replace Guinea,..

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RNA recovered from extinct animal in world first

STOCKHOLM - Scientists have for the first time recovered RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, raising hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever, Stockholm University researchers told AFP. "RNA has never been extracte..

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