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PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti, who was once a math and physics teacher, was killed in a neighbourhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years, local media reported on Monday. The death of Iskar...

KAMPALA (AP): Can Idi Amin be rehabilitated? The question is animating some in this East African country two decades after the death of one of Africa’s most infamous leaders. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he...

WASHINGTON (AP): International students attended US universities in surging numbers last year, rebounding from a pandemic slump with the help of a 35 per cent jump in students coming from India, according to a study released on Monday. Overall...

Mexico city (AP): Mexico’s ruling party on Saturday named its candidates for eight governorships and the mayorship of Mexico City. But after ruling out the most popular candidate for the capital, questions remain about whether the party can avoid...

Roseau (CMC): The Dominican parliament on Friday gave the nod for the island to seek a US$41-million loan from Saudi Arabia to fund the implementation of the Roseau Enhancement Project and the construction of an entertainment complex. The...

MAMOUDZOU (AP): Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union. Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory off Africa’s eastern coast, because of a drawn-...

NAIROBI (AP): Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the centre of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths of more than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio and distributing films without a licence. The senior...

BAMAKO (AP): Suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men from the Dogon ethnic group hostage after ambushing several public transport buses in central Mali earlier this week, a community leader said Friday. Bocar Guindo said that armed...