Today's Date: May 6, 2024
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 Here are today's top stories from VOA Africa:
Over One Billion Go Hungry Every Day   
Global economic crisis, not poor harvests, blamed

Death Toll in Somali Blast Reaches 42 
International community condemns Beledweyne attack claimed by insurgent al-Shabab group

Study Finds Shocking Incidence of Rape in South Africa 
Nearly 28 percent of men surveyed by Medical Research Council say they had raped a woman or a girl, with nearly five percent saying they had done so in past year

Niger Plans Parliamentary Vote for August 20 
Electoral commission sets June 25 deadline for submissions of candidate lists

Rights Group Fears Forced Return of Refugees by Uganda, Tanzania 
Camps for Burundian, Rwandan refugees in both countries scheduled to close in  coming month


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