The Bethlehem municipality in the occupied West Bank has announced that it will not hold traditional festivities in Jesus’s birthplace “in mourning and in honour” of Palestinians killed in Gaza.…
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Uganda Probes Unidentified Illness As Twelve Die
Ugandan health authorities are investigating an unidentified disease outbreak that has killed at least 12 people in a span of two weeks in Kyotera district in the central region. Affected…
Ethiopia talks with the rebel group, Oromo Liberation Army, OLA ended without a deal as one of the government’s negotiators, Redwan Hussein, blamed the OLA, accusing it of an obstructive…
EU says no evidence of aid for Palestinians going to Hamas
The European Commission says a review of its development aid to Palestinians has found no evidence of funds going to Hamas. It added that its programme would continue without any…
Somalia floods kill 50 people, nearly 700,000 displaced
The death toll from flash flooding caused by torrential rains in Somalia has risen to 50, with nearly 700,000 people driven from their homes. The director of the Somali Disaster…
Russia’s missile attacks kill two, injure 8 in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials have reported on Tuesday that people have been killed and wounded in overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. According to Interior Minister Ihor…