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CAIRO, Xinhua: Fifty patients from the Gaza Strip entered Egypt on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only link between the Palestinian enclave and Egypt, Egypt’s state-run Nile TV reported.…

BBC|DRC: The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane…

WASHINGTON, Reuters:  Investigators plan to push forward on Friday with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about…

BBC|DRC: The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to continue their offensive all the way to the capital,…

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Reuters:Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.…

NAIROBI, Xinhua: Experts met in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Wednesday to promote peace in the Horn of Africa region. The two-day Regional Validation Forum for the Horn of…

HARARE, Xinhua: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold an extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, on Thursday to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of…

ANADOLU|SOUTH SUDAN: At least 18 people died after an aircraft carrying 21 people crashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, a radio run by the UN said. The plane carrying 21…

KAMPALA, Xinhua: Uganda said on Tuesday that the United Nations has evacuated part of its staff from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following intense fighting.…