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Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as country’s first woman president

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, won with 57 percent of the vote, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia’s president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission show. The 72-year-old won with 57 percent of the vote, according to official […]

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Australian police arrest 13 in largest cocaine bust in country’s history

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Australian Federal Police say the 2.3-tonne seizure has a street value of $494m. Australian police have arrested 13 people in what authorities described as the largest-ever cocaine bust in the country’s history. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that they had charged 11 men and two juveniles after tracking a fishing boat that

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DRC says 129 killed in attempted escape from country’s biggest prison

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Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo says 24 people were shot dead while others suffocated in the crowd. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement posted on X early on Tuesday,

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Russian volcano erupts hours before earthquake shakes country’s coast

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A volcano erupted in Russia hours before a magnitude 7 earthquake shook the ground near the country’s east coast, according to the United States Geological Survey. On Saturday, the Shiveluch volcano, which is located on the eastern side of the country, erupted at 11:45 a.m. UTC, and caused an explosion of ash to shoot up

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