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Thousands of Sudan's Hausa protest after deadly clashes over land
Thousands of Sudan's Hausa protest after deadly clashes over land
Africa
by  AFP

Thousands of Sudan's Hausa people protested in several cities Tuesday, demanding justice for comrades killed in a deadly land dispute with a rival ethnic group in the country's south. On Tuesday, Hausa protesters in the capital Khartoum held up signs demanding "justice for the Blue Nile martyrs" and "no to the murder of Hausas".

Rare twin giraffes born in Kenya
Rare twin giraffes born in Kenya
Africa
by  AFP

Rare twins have been born to a Maasai giraffe in Nairobi's national park, the Kenyan wildlife minister said Tuesday. Nairobi National Park lies just seven kilometres (four miles) from the heart of the Kenyan capital, and is a tourist magnet for its wildlife including lions, leopards, rhinos and buffalos which graze against a backdrop of distant skyscrapers.

Three-way fight to lead bankrupt Sri Lanka
Three-way fight to lead bankrupt Sri Lanka
World
by  AFP

Three candidates were nominated Tuesday to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his residence. The protesters whose massive public show of force dislodged Rajapaksa were planning another rally in the capital later Tuesday to also demand the resignation of Wickremesinghe.

Ghana IMF loan outcry pressures government over economy
Ghana IMF loan outcry pressures government over economy
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Ghanaian trader Mohammed Biney was already struggling when the government passed a new tax on electronic money transactions this year to try to revive the economy. "You can’t impose taxes on us under the guise of saving the economy and then overnight come and tell us you’re going to the IMF," trader Biney told AFP. "I think they ran out of ideas."