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Africa
11/26/2023 12:13:15 PM
A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.
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World
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Region
9/3/2023 10:05:12 AM
At least three Kurds were killed and 16 people wounded Saturday during protests in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as authorities imposed a curfew after days of tensions.
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Region
9/2/2023 5:39:51 PM
Sporadic clashes took place on Saturday in a Kurdish-held area of eastern Syria, a monitor said, after a curfew was imposed following the arrest of an Arab armed group's leader.
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Region
9/2/2023 10:14:37 AM
Syria's Kurdish-led authorities on late Friday imposed a curfew in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, days after the arrest of the chief of an allied Arab armed group prompted deadly clashes.
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Africa
8/26/2023 10:47:40 PM
Internet access was cut and a nightly curfew announced in Gabon Saturday as polling stations closed in triple election, in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, sought victory over a newly united opposition.
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World
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Africa
8/4/2023 2:47:00 PM
Niger's coup leaders have lifted the curfew they imposed after taking power and toppling the elected president on July 26, plunging the country into crisis.
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World
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Africa
7/30/2023 10:55:59 PM
Authorities in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa state on Sunday imposed a statewide round-the-clock curfew to stop widespread looting of food stores in the state capital Yola by cash- and food-strapped residents.
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World
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Africa
7/10/2023 1:09:45 PM
Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat attacks killed at least another nine people.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/9/2023 2:44:41 PM
Clashes between ethnic groups in southern Sudan have killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more, prompting a regional night-time curfew, state media reported Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
5/4/2023 10:55:00 PM
The death toll from Russian strikes on Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Wednesday has risen to 21 people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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World
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International
9/20/2022 10:44:31 AM
A strengthening Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as it threatened to strengthen into a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew.
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World
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Region
8/29/2022 5:05:00 PM
Hundreds of followers of an influential Shia cleric stormed Iraq's government palace on Monday shortly after he announced he was withdrawing from politics, further deepening an unprecedented political crisis.
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World
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International
7/9/2022 12:55:16 PM
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, stormed and overran the compound.
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World
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International
4/20/2022 2:55:14 PM
Police enforced a curfew on Wednesday in a Sri Lankan town where an anti-government demonstrator was killed, a death that triggered international condemnation just as the crisis-hit country seeks an IMF bailout.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/13/2022 5:46:33 PM
The Cairo Film Society Festival board wrapped up the 47th and 48th editions on Saturday with the awards ceremony held at the Cairo Opera House’s Creativity Centre, witnessing a high attendance from renowned filmmakers and critics.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/11/2022 6:42:39 PM
Curfew (2020) by Amir Ramses and Barra El Manhag (2021) by Amr Salama scooped most main awards given by the Cairo Film Society.
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World
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International
1/18/2022 6:56:09 PM
Catalonia will on Friday lift a Covid-19 curfew imposed just before Christmas but other social distancing measures will remain in force in the northern Spanish region.
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World
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Region
1/12/2022 5:17:37 PM
Tunisian government announced on Wednesday a curfew across the country to curb the spread of the new wave of the coronavirus.
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World
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International
12/27/2021 10:24:01 PM
France will order companies to impose at least three work-from-home days a week for employees whenever possible to stem a fifth wave of Covid infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Monday.
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World
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Africa
11/27/2021 11:34:34 AM
Thailand said Saturday it will ban travellers from eight southern African countries where a new Covid-19 strain has emerged.
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