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My children were recruited in a trafficking scam. I joined a police hunt to find them
Foday Musa looked broken as he listened to the last voice message he received from his son. It is 76 seconds long and the young man sounds…
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Guinea junta chief takes lead in controversial election as social media restricted
Guinea's junta leader Gen Mamady Doumbouya has taken a huge lead in a presidential election his main challengers were banned from…
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Takeaways from an AP report on a Europe-funded program returning African migrants
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The European Union has given the International Organization for Migration hundreds of millions of dollars to help…
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Guinea's coup leader enters presidential race
The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the presidential race, breaking an earlier promise to…
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Top official embroiled in Equatorial Guinea sex tape scandal jailed
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced…
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Equatorial Guinea urges UN to block the sale of a Paris mansion seized by France
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Equatorial Guinea accused France of “neo-colonial” behavior on Tuesday, urging United Nations…
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South African engineers freed after two years in Equatorial Guinea jail
Two South African engineers have returned home after spending more than two years in jail in Equatorial Guinea on what the UN has called…
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UN court backs E Guinea in Gabon dispute over islands in oil-rich waters
The United Nation's top court has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a row with Gabon over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters. The…
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Influential ex-defence minister jailed for corruption in Guinea
A court in Guinea has sentenced a former highly influential defence minister to five years in prison for corruption, illicit enrichment,…
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135 killed in football stadium crush, Guinea rights groups say
Human rights groups in Guinea say they believe more than 135 football fans were killed in a crush at a stadium on Sunday, most of them…
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Guinea stadium massacre fugitive extradited from Liberia
Guinea's most wanted fugitive - a former senior military officer who escaped from prison last November - has been extradited from…
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Pope urges end to Papua New Guinea tribal conflicts and fair, sustainable extraction of resources
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis called Saturday for an end to tribal conflicts that have wracked Papua New Guinea for…
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Guinea lawyers on strike over military crackdown
Courts in Guinea are paralysed after lawyers embarked on a nationwide strike to protest against the military regime carrying out…
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A Papua New Guinea lawmaker facing a domestic assault charge in Australia will step down during case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A minister in Papua New Guinea’s government who has been charged over an alleged domestic assault in…
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Fears rise a second landslide and disease outbreak loom at site of Papua New Guinea disaster
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s…
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Australia plans to send aid to Papua New Guinea as rain raises safety fears at deadly landslide site
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia prepared on Monday to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of a deadly landslide in…