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  Boko Haram attack kills dozens

  Agence France-Presse . Niamey | Updated at 12:00am on March 11, 2019

  Seven soldiers and 38 extremists died in an assault by the jihadist group Boko Haram in southeastern Niger, the defence ministry said on Saturday, the...

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  157 killed as Ethiopian plane crashes

  Reuters . Nairobi | Updated at 03:07pm on March 10, 2019

  An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the...

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  Mogadishu hotel attack kills 30

  Reuters . Mogadishu | Updated at 12:00am on March 02, 2019

  Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali special forces battled to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed...