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  11 boys die in Uganda boarding school fire

  Agence France-Presse . Kampala | Updated at 07:52pm on November 12, 2018

  Eleven boys perished and another 20 suffered severe burns in a fire that gutted their dormitories in Uganda while they slept, police said Monday. Henry...

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  41 killed in Mogadishu bombings

  Agence France-Presse . Mogadishu | Updated at 12:27am on November 11, 2018

  The death toll from a string of car bombings near a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has jumped to at least 41, police...

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  10 killed in Mogadishu blasts

  Agence France-Presse . Mogadishu | Updated at 12:55am on November 10, 2018

  At least 10 people were killed Friday in blasts that occurred near a popular hotel and the police headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police...

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  79 school pupils abducted in anglophone Cameroon

  Agence France-Presse . Yaounde, Cameroon | Updated at 12:18am on November 06, 2018

  Gunmen kidnapped 79 school students on Monday in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, security and government...

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  19 killed in security operation after attack on Christians in Egypt

  Reuters . Cairo | Updated at 05:08pm on November 04, 2018

  Egyptian security forces killed 19 Islamist militants from a cell believed to be responsible for an attack on Christians in Minya province in central Egypt...

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  Ethiopia appoints first female president

  Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 01:34am on October 26, 2018

  Ethiopia on Thursday appointed a woman to the largely ceremonial position of president for the first time...

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  Egypt extends state of emergency for three months

  Reuters . Cairo | Updated at 08:29pm on October 21, 2018

  Egypt's parliament voted on Sunday to extend a state of emergency in the country for three months, prolonging the authorities' ability to use special powers...

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  34 dead in Uganda landslide

  Agence France-Presse . Kampala | Updated at 12:00am on October 13, 2018

  At least 34 people have been killed after a river in eastern Uganda burst its banks, sending thick sludge and rocks barrelling into homes, disaster...

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  Kenya bus accident kills 51

  Agence France-Presse . Nairobi | Updated at 02:28pm on October 10, 2018

  Fifty-one people were killed when the bus they were travelling in overturned and its entire roof was ripped off in an accident in western Kenya...

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  Melania kicks off Africa tour in Ghana

  Agence France-Presse . Accra | Updated at 02:15am on October 03, 2018

  US First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday kicked off her first major solo trip in Ghana’s capital Accra, aiming to cast a positive light on...