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  WHO says Congo faces ‘very high’ risk from Ebola outbreak

  Reuters | Updated at 11:23am on May 18, 2018

  The World Health Organization has raised its assessment of the public health risk from Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak to ‘very high’ at the...

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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...