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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...