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Imam dead in S Africa mosque attack
Agence France-Presse . Verulam, South Africa | Updated at 03:05am on May 11, 2018
Armed attackers struck a mosque outside the South African city of Durban on Thursday, stabbing to death an imam and injuring two others in a...
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47 dead as Kenya dam breaches after torrential rains
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 04:42pm on May 10, 2018
At least 32 people died after a dam burst in central Kenya, sweeping away their homes while many of them were asleep, police said Thursday....
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Kenyan dam bursts, causing deaths, `huge destruction', official says
Reuters | Updated at 12:41pm on May 10, 2018
A dam burst in a Kenyan town after weeks of heavy rain, causing ‘huge destruction’ and deaths, a government official said on Thursday, while a...
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45 dead as militia, bandits clash in northern Nigeria
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 11:07am on May 07, 2018
Fighting between armed bandits and militiamen left 45 dead in northern Nigeria, police and a local militia said Sunday, amid escalating rural violence often involving...
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12 killed in attack on Libya's election commission
Reuters | Updated at 04:05pm on May 02, 2018
At least seven people were killed in an attack on the offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, a spokesman for the commission...
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Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:41am on April 29, 2018
Decked out in a striking blue suit and white shirt, matching his political allegiance, Simon Slama rubs shoulders with fellow candidates ahead of Tunisia's municipal...
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South Africa leader curtails Britain trip over unrest at home
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:05am on April 20, 2018
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his participation in the Commonwealth summit in Britain to tackle violent demonstrations at home, his office said,...
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Bomb kills up to five during football match in Somalia
Reuters | Updated at 11:54am on April 13, 2018
A bomb killed up to five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an...
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257 dead in plane crash in Algeria
Agence France-Presse . Boufarik | Updated at 12:05am on April 12, 2018
An Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said...
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20 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:44am on April 03, 2018
Boko Haram killed at least 20 people and wounded scores of others in coordinated attacks on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint northern...