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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...