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World
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Africa
3/13/2025 11:44:23 PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/5/2025 2:14:31 PM
The US President Trump administration has rejected Egypt's plan for Gaza reconstruction, which was endorsed by Arab leaders, saying that Trump stands by his vision, which includes expelling the Palestinians from Gaza and transforming it into a “Middle Eastern Riviera” owned by the United States.
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World
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Africa
3/3/2025 10:50:10 PM
M23 fighters have abducted at least 130 people from hospitals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma captured by the Rwandan-backed group, the United Nations said on Monday.
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World
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Region
3/1/2025 1:14:12 PM
For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.
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World
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War in Sudan
3/1/2025 1:12:49 PM
In the safety of Sudan's eastern coast, residents preparing for Ramadan were struggling to afford basic holiday staples as the war raging elsewhere in the country has sent prices soaring.
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World
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Africa
2/27/2025 6:02:34 PM
Two explosions that rocked a city in eastern DR Congo after a meeting of the M23 armed group Thursday have killed at least 11 people and injured around 60, a hospital source told AFP.
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World
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Region
2/27/2025 2:38:30 PM
Libya's eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in the French capital, his Benghazi-based forces said in a statement.
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World
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Africa
2/25/2025 5:32:39 PM
African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived Tuesday to investigate the upsurge in violence.
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World
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Africa
2/24/2025 6:36:18 PM
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister said Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/20/2025 10:26:37 PM
Former South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor warned that US President Donald Trump’s plan to place Gaza under Washington’s control and permanently displace Palestinians without the right of return should alarm Middle Eastern leaders.
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World
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Africa
2/19/2025 9:00:19 PM
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.
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World
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Africa
2/17/2025 9:28:45 PM
Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under the new rulers.
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World
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Africa
2/15/2025 8:05:16 PM
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
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World
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Africa
2/12/2025 9:19:52 PM
A dramatic escalation of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and swingeing US humanitarian aid cuts are set to dominate an African Union summit this week, overshadowing the election of its new chairman.
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World
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Africa
2/11/2025 3:37:38 PM
Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull, with Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacking positions of the Congolese armed forces in South Kivu province at dawn, local and security sources told AFP.
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World
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Africa
2/10/2025 9:17:15 PM
Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day Monday, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could spark a wider conflict.
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World
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Africa
2/7/2025 3:37:20 PM
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma -- which has been seized by the M23 armed group -- is safe, WHO said Friday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/5/2025 10:31:00 PM
Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to adopt a resolution classifying recent proposals by President Donald Trump for the US seize Gaza and transfer the native Palestinian population to build a Middle Eastern Riviera — as a threat to international peace and security.
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World
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Africa
2/5/2025 6:41:17 PM
Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 kilometres) from the provincial capital of Bukavu, civil society officials and residents told The Associated Press.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/4/2025 5:55:09 PM
Iran’s presence in the Eastern Mediterranean has been dealt a powerful blow as a result of changing conditions in the region, writes
Tarek Osman
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