08
May
Overnight, pro-Palestinian demonstrators take over an Amsterdam university
Wednesday saw the occupation of a University of Amsterdam (UvA) location by
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07
May
Voting in Chad has begun following a tense first Sahel presidential election since coups
As polls closed and vote counting got underway for the first presidential
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07
May
A new party in South Africa is opposing Zuma as the election draws closer
Three weeks before an election in which he is predicted to get
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07
May
Election in India: Inside the BJP and Modi strategy to secure a supermajority
Narendra Modi’s picture is on everything from big banners in cities and
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07
May
Israel’s military seizes control of the strategically important Rafah crossing into Egypt
Tuesday saw Israeli tanks take control of Gaza’s crucial Rafah border crossing
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02
May
Rubaya, DR Congo’s coltan mining town, is under M23 rebel control
After days of fierce combat, M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic
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02
May
North Korea’s threats prompt South Korea to increase diplomatic alert levels
In response to information suggesting North Korea would try to hurt its
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02
May
PM Sanchez of Spain’s political bets will be put to the test in the Catalan election
Next week’s crucial elections in Catalonia will evaluate the viability of Spain’s
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01
May
UN sends out extra peacekeepers in the midst of new community fighting in South Sudan
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, announced on Tuesday
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01
May
President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe gives up on running for a third term in favor of changing the constitution
Pushing for a revision of the nation’s constitution, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa
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