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German President asks for forgiveness in Tanzania for colonial-era atrocities

By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologized Wednesday for colonial-era atrocities committed by German forces in Tanzania during a visit to the East African country. “As German President, I would like to ask for forgiveness for what Germans did to your ancestors here,” Steinmeier, who began a three-day

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Foreign nationals and injured Palestinians allowed to flee Gaza for first time since Israel-Hamas war began

By Becky Anderson, Asmaa Khalil, Zeena Saifi, Helen Regan and Rob Picheta, CNN Egypt’s Rafah crossing, Doha and Jerusalem (CNN) — Injured Palestinians and hundreds of foreign nationals have started crossing from Gaza into Egypt, officials and Egyptian media said, in the first sanctioned exodus from the besieged enclave in weeks. Eighty-one severely injured Palestinians

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King Charles acknowledges Kenya’s colonial-era suffering but stops short of apologizing

By Max Foster, Bethlehem Feleke and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — When King Charles III touched down for his four-day state visit in Kenya, it seemed inevitable the new monarch would have to grapple with Britain’s legacy of colonialism. Mounting demands for formal apologies and reparations have overshadowed recent royal tours to former British colonies.

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