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  Students march to demand immediate end to Bouteflika rule

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on April 03, 2019

  Hundreds of students marched in Algiers on Tuesday demanding the immediate resignation of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the replacement of Algeria’s political system, a day...

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  Powerful party joins army calling for Bouteflika’s exit

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on March 28, 2019

  An influential Algerian party on Wednesday backed the army’s call for president Abdel Aziz Bouteflika to go in a managed exit plan that was quickly...

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  Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique reports cholera cases

  Agence-France-Presse. Mozambique | Updated at 12:00am on March 28, 2019

  Five cases of cholera have been confirmed in Mozambique following the cyclone that ravaged the country, killing at least 468 people, a government health official...

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  Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors

  Agence France-Presse . Beira, Mozambique | Updated at 12:00am on March 25, 2019

  Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago,...

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  Moroccan police disperse protesting teachers with water cannons

  Agence-France-Presse . Morocco | Updated at 12:00am on March 25, 2019

  Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday night to demand better conditions.Several thousand young teachers calling...

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  More than 130 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 02:23pm on March 24, 2019

  More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations said, as a delegation...

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  110 killed in Mali attack

  Reuters . Bamako, Mali | Updated at 01:42am on March 24, 2019

  Gunmen killed at least 110 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack in recent times in a...

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  Mozambique cyclone Idai death toll exceeds 400

  Reuters. Beira, Mozambique | Updated at 06:12pm on March 23, 2019

  The death toll in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has jumped to 417, Land and Environment Minister Celso...

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  Algerians stage new mass protests against Bouteflika

  Agence France-Presse . Algiers | Updated at 12:58am on March 23, 2019

  Thousands of Algerians staged massive street demonstrations Friday, a month since ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term sparked a protest movement that...

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  Mozambique death toll at 217 after cyclone

  Reuters . Mozambique | Updated at 02:00pm on March 21, 2019

  The death toll after a powerful cyclone in Mozambique stood at 217 and around 15,000 people still needed to be rescued, the minister of land...