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Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge
Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge
by  AFP

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday dismissed a pledge from US leader Joe Biden to "free Iran" as the clerical regime faced a new upsurge in protests seven weeks into the anti-regime movement. Campaigning for mid-term elections in the US, Biden had said: "Don't worry we're gonna free Iran.

Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of attacks after peace deal
Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of attacks after peace deal
by  AFP

Tigrayan authorities on Friday accused Ethiopia's government of carrying out a drone strike on civilians, less than 48 hours after the warring parties signed a deal to end their bloody conflict. A spokesman for the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) alleged that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government had carried out attacks against civilians in the Tigrayan city of Maychew on Thursday.

Kenya drought kills more than 200 elephants
Kenya drought kills more than 200 elephants
by  AFP

More than 200 elephants and hundreds of zebras and gnus have died in Kenya's worst drought in four decades, the country's tourism minister said on Friday. “The drought has caused mortality of wildlife, mostly herbivore species," Tourism Minister Peninah Malonza told a press conference in Nairobi on Friday, adding that 14 species had been identified as badly hit.

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