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Four members of a local hunting association were tragically killed in an ambush orchestrated by suspected insurgents from the ...

On December 17, 2010, a young, demoralized man staggered angrily into a local government office in central Tunisia. He doused himself in paint thinner and lit a match. Incensed by Ben Ali’s ...

Throughout his papal leadership, Pope Francis solidified recently established Vatican conventions by visiting 10 African ...

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region ...

5. Somalia (56 years) The Federal Republic of Somalia is a country in East Africa with more than half of its population living below the poverty line. Famine in Somalia has put millions of people ...