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  Fighting in Somalia kills 29

  Reuters | Updated at 01:59pm on November 07, 2016

  Fighting between militias in Somalia's central Galkayo city killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 50, officials from both sides said...

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  One abducted Chibok schoolgirl found by Nigerian army

  Reuters | Updated at 05:19pm on November 05, 2016

  One of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram from their school in north-east Nigeria's Chibok in 2014 has been found...

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  African migrants storm border in Spanish enclave Ceuta

  Reuters . Madrid | Updated at 12:49am on November 01, 2016

  About 220 African migrants forced their way through a barbed wire fence into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, clashing with Spanish police...

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  Bomb blasts kill eight in north-eastern Nigerian city

  Associated Press | Updated at 02:07pm on October 29, 2016

  Witnesses say twin explosions from suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least eight people in Nigeria's north-eastern city...

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  Twelve killed in attack in northeast Kenya

  Reuters | Updated at 11:42am on October 25, 2016

  Twelve people were killed in an attack in Mandera in northeast Kenya on Tuesday by suspected Islamist militants from the Somalia's al Shabaab group...

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  Clashes in Somalia displace 75,000 as rains threaten: UN

  Reuters | Updated at 08:22pm on October 24, 2016

  More than 75,000 people have fled their homes and 18 have been killed during three weeks of clashes in Somalia, the United Nations said on...

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  Somali pirates' hostages 'ate rats' to survive

  BBC | Updated at 12:05pm on October 24, 2016

  A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told...

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  Death toll from Cameroon rail crash climbs to 63

  Reuters | Updated at 08:35am on October 22, 2016

  The death toll from a train derailment in Cameroon rose to 63 on Saturday, the communications minister said, as rescue efforts continued and work began...

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  South Africa to quit International Criminal Court

  Reuters | Updated at 07:21pm on October 21, 2016

  South Africa said on Friday it was quitting the International Criminal Court because membership conflicted with diplomatic immunity laws, dealing a new blow to the...

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  'Monumental' deal to cut HFCs, fastest growing greenhouse gases

  BBC | Updated at 12:03pm on October 15, 2016

  More than 150 countries have reached a deal described as ‘monumental’ to phase out gases that are making global warming worse...