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100 migrants rescued off Libya, 20 missing
Agence France-Presse . Tripoli | Updated at 01:02am on March 01, 2021
Almost 100 migrants were rescued off Libya’s west coast on Sunday as they made failed attempts to reach Europe, while around 20 were missing, AFP...
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US concerned over Tigray situation: Blinken
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:53pm on February 28, 2021
US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Saturday condemned alleged atrocities committed in Ethiopia’s Tigray and called on the African Union and other international partners...
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Abducted victims freed in Nigeria
Agence France-Presse . Lagos | Updated at 11:15pm on February 27, 2021
Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after...
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Eritrean troops killed ‘hundreds’ in Ethiopia massacre: Amnesty
Agence France-Presse . Nairobi | Updated at 10:07pm on February 26, 2021
Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against...
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At least 41 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean
Agence France-Presse . Rome | Updated at 10:26am on February 25, 2021
At least 41 migrants are feared dead following a weekend shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea route from Libya to Italy, two United Nations agencies said...
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86 dolphins found dead on an island off coast of Mozambique
Agence France-Presse . Maputo | Updated at 11:36am on February 24, 2021
Another 86 dolphins were found dead on Tuesday on an island off the coast of the southern African nation of Mozambique, the cause still unknown,...
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Algerians hit streets on protest anniversary
Agence France-Presse . Algiers | Updated at 11:55pm on February 22, 2021
Thousands of Algerians marched Monday in the capital and other cities to mark the second anniversary of the North African nation’s anti-government ‘Hirak’ protest movement,...
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Italian ambassador killed in DRC attack
Agence France-Presse . Goma | Updated at 07:34pm on February 22, 2021
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources...
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Nigerian kidnappers release 53 victims
Agence France-Presse . Abuja, Nigeria | Updated at 02:31pm on February 22, 2021
Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from...
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IS claims killing 4 Tunisia soldiers, beheading: SITE
Agence France-Presse . Tunis | Updated at 04:43pm on February 19, 2021
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the February 3 killing of four soldiers in a rugged region of central Tunisia, SITE Intelligence Group...