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Bolivian soldiers combat forest fires in Otuquis National Park, in the Pantanal ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia, on August 26, 2019
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18.08.2024
Morales thanks G7 for 'tiny' Amazon aid
Fighters belonging to Islamic State West Africa Province opened fire on construction workers in a village 150 kilometres (93 miles) outside Borno state capital Maiduguri
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18.08.2024
Jihadists kill 11 construction workers in NE Nigeria
Thousands of troops and firefighters have been deployed to combat the fires devouring chunks of the Amazon
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18.08.2024
Brazil farmers deforesting Amazon 'to survive'
Jawara (left) hosting Guinean leader Seku Toure in the 1960s
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18.08.2024
Dawda Jawara, first president of The Gambia, dies aged 95
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Active fires in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 24 hours.
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Greenpeace urges more action on central African forest fires
French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump pose for pictures after meeting during the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France
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Could Trump gamble big on Iran? Skepticism reigns
This satellite image obtained from NOAA/RAMMB, shows Tropical Storm Dorian as it approaches the Caribbean at 16:30 UTC on August 27, 2019
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Puerto Rico mobilizes as potential hurricane approaches
Macron (L) and Bolsonaro (R): "As far as ideas go, the two men are polar opposites," said Gaspard Estrada, director of the Latin America and Caribbean unit at Sciences-Po university in Paris.
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Macron and Bolsonaro: political polar opposites
Mahamat Al Khatim is leader of the Patriotic Movement for Central Africa (MPC) and one of the most powerful militia warlords
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C.Africa militia chief quits govt in blow to peace hopes
With the clock ticking and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured August 26, 2019) adamant the EU must accept significant changes to the existing withdrawal agreement, fears are growing that Britain could leave without a deal
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UK alone will be to blame for no-deal Brexit: EU tells Johnson
According to Tanzanian government figures, around 200,000 Burundians have fled to Tanzania. Many arrived after a political crisis erupted in Burundi in 2015
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Tanzania to send back Burundi refugees from Oct 1
Romanian authorities are investigation eight suspects for allegedly forcing teenagers to do intense physical labour and keeping them in "slavery-like conditions"
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Prosecutors probe German teens 'enslaved' in Romania
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, pictured August 22, 2019, refused entry to the migrant rescue ship the Eleonore
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Italy refuses migrant rescue ship in latest standoff
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