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28 dead as French embassy, military HQ attacked in Burkina Faso
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 01:05am on March 03, 2018
Armed men attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters on Friday before being repelled in a battle that left at...
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Police shot dead 11 refugees in Rwanda food riot: UN
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:40am on February 27, 2018
The death toll when Rwandan police broke up a crowd demonstrating against a cut in food rations reached 11, the United Nations refugee agency said...
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Nigeria confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:57am on February 26, 2018
The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on...
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Morocco arrests prominent newspaper publisher
Agence France-Presse . Rabat | Updated at 01:00am on February 25, 2018
Moroccan police on Friday arrested a newspaper publisher and prominent journalist, known for editorials critical of authorities in the North African country, a colleague said....
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18 killed by car bombs in Mogadishu
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 08:55am on February 24, 2018
At least 18 people were killed and 20 wounded when two car bombs exploded on Friday near the presidential palace and a hotel in the...
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Nigeria rescues 76 schoolgirls after Boko Haram attack, others missing
Reuters | Updated at 09:50am on February 22, 2018
The Nigerian military rescued 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others on Wednesday, after the students went missing during a Boko Haram attack...
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Boko Haram attacks girls school in northeast Nigeria
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:15am on February 20, 2018
Boko Haram jihadists launched an attack on a girls’ boarding school in northeast Nigeria but the students and teachers fled to safety, witnesses said Monday...
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Babies born in poorest countries still face ‘alarming’ risks: UNICEF
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:20am on February 20, 2018
Babies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face ‘alarming’ risks of death that can be 50 times as high...
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency after PM quits
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 12:05am on February 17, 2018
Ethiopia on Friday declared a state of emergency one day after prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation, state media reported...
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At least 19 migrants killed in Libya truck crash
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 11:32am on February 15, 2018
At least 19 migrants were killed on Wednesday and more than 100 injured when the truck transporting them crashed in Libya, a hospital...