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Then-CEO Tidjane Thiam attends the annual general meeting 2019 of the Credit Suisse (CS) bank in Zurich, Switzerland

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Thousands protest in Ivory Coast after opposition leader barred from presidential race

By Associated Press ABIDJAN: Thousands of protesters gathered in Ivory Coast ‘s capital Abidjan on Saturday to demand the reinstatement on

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13

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Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and missile sites and kills top military officials

By Associated Press DUBAI: Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and killed at

A relative reacts as bodies of her sister and three daughters were retrieved from inside a one room house, after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa

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At least 78 dead in South Africa floods as official says rescue attempts were ‘paralyzed’

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least

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Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died at 68

By Associated Press LUSAKA: Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who served as the leader of the southern African nation from

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Ivory Coast’s final electoral list excludes opposition leader Thiam

By Associated Press ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast ‘s main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, has been excluded

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Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of

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Former Congolese leader Kabila meets with religious leaders in rebel-controlled city

By Associated Press GOMA: Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, who is accused by the government of supporting Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s

President Cyril Ramaphosa with President Donald Trump

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‘Into the mouth of Trump hell’? South African president says White House meeting wasn’t so

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leader’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House

Donald Trump (left and Cyril Ramaphosa (right)

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South Africa’s leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House on Wednesday for a

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Trump alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa; white Afrikaner farmers reject that

By Associated Press BOTHAVILLE: Days before South Africa’s president meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Afrikaner farmers at the