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TOPSHOT - Sudanese protestors celebrate after an agreement was reached with the military council to form a three-year transition period for transferring power to a full civilian administration, in Khartoum, early on May 15, 2019. - The protest movement is demanding a civilian-led transition following 30 years of iron-fisted rule by now deposed president Omar al-Bashir, but the generals who toppled him have been holding onto a leadership role. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)

Sudanese forces storm barricades at sit-in demo

Four killed in ambush on Catholic parade in Burkina Faso

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These firefighters fought back after being fired for having babies

After Grace Fosu and Thelma Hammond were fired from Ghana's National Fire Service they filed a lawsuit in the country's first gender discrimination court case.

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Protesters demand civilian rule in Sudan

Ethiopian Airlines issued this image on their official facebook page. Pictured, the CEO visiting the crash site

Accident Bulletin no. 2
Issued on march 10, 2019 at 01:46 PM
Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO deeply regrets the fatal accident involved on ET 302 /March 10 on a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.

The group CEO who is at the accident scene right now regrets to confirm that there are no survivors.

He expresses his profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of passengers and c

No survivors following Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline said.

These firefighters fought back after being fired for having babies

After Grace Fosu and Thelma Hammond were fired from Ghana's National Fire Service they filed a lawsuit in the country's first gender discrimination court case.

Genocide survivor: I was too young to be widowed

Why the 'giant of Africa' still struggles with extreme poverty

Protesters demand civilian rule in Sudan

No survivors following Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline said.

These firefighters fought back after being fired for having babies

After Grace Fosu and Thelma Hammond were fired from Ghana's National Fire Service they filed a lawsuit in the country's first gender discrimination court case.