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Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production
Farmers who organise into cooperatives in the northern mountain areas will be gradually allowed to grow cannabis to meet the needs of the legal market
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme danger'
Worsening violence advances and threatens to ‘unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,’ top UN officials say
'Time running out' in war-torn Sudan as access to aid restricted, WHO warns
Outbreaks of disease are increasing as public health services, including vaccinations, are disrupted
38 die in shipwreck off Djibouti: IOM
At least six others are missing and 22 survivors are being assisted by the agency and local authorities
Over 90 dead as Mozambique ferry sinks off northern coast
"Because the boat was overcrowded and unsuited to carry passengers, it ended up sinking," BBC reports citing Jaime Neto, secretary of state for the province of Nampula
At least 21 killed in Nigeria after herdsmen attack villagers
According to a local resident, at least 19 bodies were recovered after the incident with an additional 15 found on Friday morning
Slavery tribunal? Africa, Caribbean unite on reparations
A tribunal, modelled on other ad-hoc courts such as the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War Two, was proposed last year
At least 12 killed, 15 children missing in South Sudan attack
In the latest incident, youths attacked Ajwara village in Pibor's Pochalla county