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![The UN estimates about 114,000 people are jailed in Egypt's appalling prisons [File: Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1OX2CP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![The UN estimates about 114,000 people are jailed in Egypt's appalling prisons [File: Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1OX2CP.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Egypt's revolution 10 years on
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![Riot police force anti-government protesters back across the Kasr Al Nile Bridge as they attempt to get into Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on January 28, 2011 [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/108473126.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![[Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Arab-Spring-Timeline3-08.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![In a January 28, 2011 photo, pro-democracy activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt [File: AP/Ben Curtis]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_20349537752972.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Indian farmers to hold ‘tractor rally’ in capital on Republic Day
Thousands of protesting farmers to drive through New Delhi after Republic Day parade to demand repeal of new farm laws.
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Nepal’s caretaker PM removed from governing Communist party
Decision was in protest against his abrupt move to dissolve Parliament and call for an early general election.
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Opinion
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Somali troops, Jubbaland regional forces clash ahead of elections
Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of supporting ‘rebels’ as fighting breaks out in the town of Bulo Hawo ahead of elections.
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall around 2:30am (12:30 GMT) on January 23, with wind speeds of 160 kilometres (99 miles) per hour. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
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Residents of Beira's Praia Nova neighbourhood seek shelter from Tropical Cyclone Eloise. Eloise is the second cyclone to hit central Mozambique this season, after Chalane in December. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
![People make their way through floodwaters in Beira. The Mozambican port city breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through. [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21024476221203.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
People make their way through floodwaters in Beira. The Mozambican port city breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through. [AP Photo]
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A flooded street in the city of Beira. [Andre Catueira/EPA]
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The severe winds and heavy rains have completely destroyed 1,069 houses, according to Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD). [Andre Catueira/EPA]
![Aerial view of flooding in Beira in the wake of the cyclone. [Courtesy of Mercy Air via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-24T194233Z_1867781452_RC2JEL9RQ1G1_RTRMADP_3_MOZAMBIQUE-CYCLONE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Aerial view of flooding in Beira in the wake of the cyclone. [Courtesy of Mercy Air via Reuters]
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Families from Nharrime took shelter in the Samora Machel school in Beira to escape from the winds and heavy rains. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
![Mozambique's disaster management body said investigations had shown Eloise had injured 12 people and displaced 6,859. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8ZG3AG.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Mozambique's disaster management body said investigations had shown Eloise had injured 12 people and displaced 6,859. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
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As long-term COVID risks rise, life insurers impose curbs: Report
Some insurers are imposing waiting periods before COVID patients can apply for coverage, industry sources tell Reuters.
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