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USA: California fire devastation
By Monday night, fast-moving weekend wildfires in Valley and Butte, in Northern California, had destroyed 700 homes and 1,000 other structures. 143,523 acres were burned and 23,000 people in total were displaced. The flash fires sent…
Central African Republic: Election vote challenges
Attempts to foster reconciliation in Central African Republic could be derailed if refugees who fled to neighbouring states after the coup are unable to cast votes in the upcoming presidential election, billed as a major peacebuilding…
Nigeria: Clergy conduct more funerals than weddings
A bishop in Plateau state, Nigeria, said that during the last fifteen years he has conducted more funerals than weddings. Addressing hundreds of demonstrators at the Plateau House of Assembly on 31 August, the Rt Rev…
Syria: Russia has 'positioned tanks in Syrian airfield'
Russia has positioned at least seven Russian T-90 tanks at an airfield near the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia, in a continued show of support by the Kremlin for President Bashar Al-Assad. Washington has said that…
