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Ottawa Monitoring Niger Unrest, No Canadian Evacuation Currently Planned for Hundreds

Ottawa is monitoring the unrest in Niger following last week's military coup, but has no imminent plans for evacuating the hundreds of Canadians in the West African country. Global Affairs ...

August 2, 2023BY The Canadian Press
CDC Concerned About Pace of Monkeypox ‘Developing Worldwide’ Among Gay and Bisexual Men

U.S. health officials are concerned about the pace monkeypox is "developing worldwide" and said they will launch an ...

May 24, 2022BY Caden Pearson
As Many as 17 Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Liberia

MONROVIA—As many as 17 people were missing from a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Liberia ...

July 20, 2021BY Reuters
African Farmers Struggle as Swedish Investment Pulled

An investment made by Swedish energy company Vattenfall in 2010, and suddenly withdrawn in 2012, has hit plantation ...

March 28, 2013BY Madeleine Almberg