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Four Ethiopians were killed and three others wounded in an armed confrontation in Kukruk Kebele, Dasenech District, South Omo Zone, along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, in what residents and local officials described as an attack by "armed militants from Kenya's Turkana County" on Saturday, March 22, 2025. A resident of the area, who requested anonymity, told Addis Standard that 11 Ethiopian youth from Dasenech District had gone to Kukruk for reconnaissance when they encountered the armed group. "There were 11

The Liberia National Police has come under scrutiny for using teargas to disperse students from public schools who took to the streets Tuesday to protest their teachers' go-slow actions, which are linked to the government's failure to pay teacher salaries. Scores of students were in distress as they were affected by the police teargas, with some appearing helpless in the chaotic scene. The protest, which blocked the main roads between the Capitol Building and the Executive Mansion, was fueled by growing

Tariff structures in developing markets are holding back efforts to add value domestically and export finished goods, limiting firms' access to global markets, research by UN Trade and Development

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence of bone tool making was from sites in Europe, dated to 400,000 years ago. But archaeologists have now found and dated bone tools in Tanzania that are a million years older. The tools are made from the bones of large animals like hippos and elephants, and have been deliberately shaped to make them useful for

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Sudan's diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security. In the chaos of conflict, scientists like Ali Babiker are fighting to protect Sudan's future food security--not with weapons, but with seeds. In a move to safeguard its agricultural future, Sudan has made a crucial deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a remote facility buried deep in the icy Arctic established to protect the world's

The High Court has temporarily suspended further investigations into the affairs of The Nairobi Hospital, halting efforts by investigative agencies to access sensitive data, freeze bank accounts, and block phone numbers belonging to the hospital's senior management. In directions issued by Justice John Chigiti on Monday, the court barred authorities -- including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations

A Nigerian Consultant Urological/Robotic Surgeon, Professor Kingsley Ekwueme on Monday in Lagos pioneered the first West African robotic surgery on a prostrate cancer patient. Ekwueme, a UK-based medical doctor returnee recently established The Prostate Clinic,

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution. BULLETS: The gold mine dump near Snake Park, Soweto, is loaded with toxic metals, relics of an era when South Africa produced about a third of gold ever mined on Earth. The mining companies left behind what's known as mine tailings, hazardous waste that has damaged the health of nearby communities.

"We want the government to understand that we are Nigerians and we vote," he said. "We need proper healthcare facilities here." At about 10 p.m. on 21 February 2024, Kehinde Ogundipe suddenly went into labour, unaware of the shock that awaited her. The herbal tea seller from Obele, a border community in Ohunbe Ward of Yewa North Local Government Area in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, had gone through her pregnancy without a single antenatal visit, relying instead on traditional herbs--just as she had done