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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...

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  Gunmen kidnap 42 from school in central Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 04:12pm on February 17, 2021

  Gunmen believed to members of a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and...

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  Climate activist arrested in India over farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 10:35pm on February 15, 2021

  An Indian climate activist has been arrested after she allegedly helped create a guide to the anti-government farmer protests that was tweeted by environmentalist Greta...

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  Thousands of Haitians protest, alleging new dictatorship

  Agence France-Presse . Port-au-Prince | Updated at 10:33pm on February 15, 2021

  Several thousand people demonstrated Sunday in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, saying the government was trying to establish a new dictatorship and denouncing international support for...

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  COVID-19 deaths in Africa jump 40pc in one month: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Brazzaville | Updated at 10:06pm on February 12, 2021

  Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa surged by 40 per cent over the last month, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, as the continent’s toll approaches...