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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Festus Mogae, Botswana’s former president who made a national priority of the fight against HIV and AIDS during his tenure from 1998 to 2008, has died at the age of 86, the government said Friday. No cause of death was given.
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Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces militants killed at least 40 people in eastern Congo during coordinated attacks near Uganda’s border.
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OMDURMAN, Sudan (AP) — Two years after Sudan ’s war forced him from his land, Omer al-Hassan returned to rebuild his farm. But now a new conflict in the Middle East threatens to push him deeper into financial loss and food insecurity as fuel and...
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The former leader won praise for good governance and the fight against HIV/AIDS in the southern African nation.
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OMDURMAN, Sudan (AP) — Two years after Sudan ’s war forced him from his land, Omer al-Hassan returned to rebuild his farm. But now a new conflict in the Middle
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Botswana's government says former president Festus Mogae has died at age 86. Mogae, an economist, led the country from 1998 to 2008.
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The attacks were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces overnight from Wednesday through Thursday afternoon, according to Charité Banza, the leader of the Ituri civil society group and Kinos Katua, a member of the group who lives in the area.
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said on Friday.
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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Festus Mogae, Botswana’s former president who made a national priority of the fight against HIV and AIDS during his tenure from 1998 to 2008, has died
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