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The Police Clash with Anti-Government Protesters in Bolivia

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The police fired tear gas at protesters who demanded the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz. Many of the voters who originally supported Mr. Paz,...

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Carlos Alcaraz Ruled Out Of Wimbledon

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Sports Published May 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM Share Copy link Copied! Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp Telegram Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will miss...

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Liar, Peter Obi Unofficial Spokesman

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Politics Published May 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM Share Copy link Copied! Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp Telegram Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala has accused news...

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Ebola Cases Rise Sharply as Medical Workers Scramble for Supplies

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Medical workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are experiencing a shortage of supplies as the number of suspected Ebola cases has passed 500,...

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Peter Obi Emerges Sole Presidential Aspirant Of NDC

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Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has emerged as the sole presidential aspirant of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The NDC has closed...

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Politics

UK Shut Down Overseas Care Worker Visa Programme, Union Kicks

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The UK Home Office Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced plans to stop the recruitment of overseas care workers as part of its broader effort to...

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Nigeria Senate passes two tax reform bills

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As part of the economic plans of the current government of Nigeria, the Senate has passed two major tax reform bills. The bills passed include...

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‘Concretution’: Why Senate says Nigerians should ‘perish the thought’ of a new constitution

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Some Nigerians gathered on social media to call for the complete change of the nation’s constitution. The reason for the clamour is that many...

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The New ‘Worldmakers’: How the 20th Century Black Anticolonial Dialogue Reveals the Strategic Importance of the Milk Tea Alliance

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Growing tension in Berlin. A proxy war in Korea. The escalating Space Race. The world—and particularly its realists—focused on the evolving great power competition...

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Comparing the 1860 and 2020 Elections: Is the USA Heading for Another Civil War?

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All summer, as protests raged over the United States, fears grew that an increasingly polarised United States was heading for another civil war. There...

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Our Foreign Desk editor Sophie Mokoena joins us in the studio to discuss the year that was and what to expect in international news.