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Canada has announced a temporary pathway to permanent residency for up to 100,000 workers and eligible family members already living in the country.

Carbon credit financing is helping African households access cleaner cooking technologies, but experts say the model needs additional funding to achieve lasting impact.

Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gathered in Jerusalem on Monday for Sigd, a holiday of prayer and fasting led by religious leaders known as kessim.

Aid agencies have reached only 900,000 of the 15.4 million people needing shelter in war-torn Sudan, the U.N. says, warning its warehouses are empty.

Egypt’s army says it arrested 151 Egyptians and 540 foreigners among illegal gold miners near the Sudan border, after more than 6,000 others surrendered.

Four Nigerian-Americans won races in the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections, while Georgia lawmaker Segun Adeyina was leading as votes were still being counted.

President Donald Trump has notified Congress he will remove South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA, citing trade barriers, security concerns and, for South Africa, corruption.

A Guardian Nigeria editorial backs calls for permanent African seats on the UN Security Council, but warns that disunity could undercut the continent’s case.

Jigawa almajiri pupils who have long survived on food given by residents say the charity is drying up, leaving many to work or go hungry as inflation squeezes households in …

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