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Hundreds feared dead as refugee boat sinks off Libya
Mar 24, 2017 03:56Around 250 African migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a charity's rescue boat found five corpses and two partially submerged rubber dinghies off Libya, a spokeswoman has said.
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Cameroon expelled 2,600 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram: UN
Mar 21, 2017 14:29More than 2,600 Nigerians who fled into northern Cameroon to escape Boko Haram Takfiri militants have been forced to go home since the start of the year, the UN said Tuesday.
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S. Sudan government still buying arms despite famine: UN
Mar 18, 2017 03:21South Sudan's government is mainly to blame for famine in parts of the war-torn country, yet President Salva Kiir is still boosting his forces using millions of dollars from oil sales, according to a confidential United Nations’ report.
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38 killed, 53k displaced in Madagascar cyclone
Mar 11, 2017 06:18Nearly 40 people have lost their lives and 180 others sustained injuries since a powerful cyclone battered the Island Nation of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean mid-last week.
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Hundreds of African refugees cross fenced border into Spain
Feb 20, 2017 14:21Hundreds of refugees have managed to cross the border from Morocco into Spanish territory after scaling a six-meter-high barbed-wired fence, the Red Cross says.
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West African troops in Gambia to secure transfer of power to new president
Jan 22, 2017 16:07Hours after the Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh left the country after 22 years in power, West African troops approached the capital to secure the arrival of President Adama Barrow from Senegal.
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Eight individuals as rich as world’s poorest half: Oxfam
Jan 16, 2017 09:01The UK-based international charity, Oxfam, has warned of soaring economic inequality worldwide, saying that just eight men possess as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’ population, with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates topping the list.
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Ivory Coast clinches deal with mutinous soldiers
Jan 14, 2017 03:26A deal has been reached between the Ivory Coast’s government and the mutinous troops, days after a group of dissident army soldiers took over army bases in cities across the West African country, demanding bonus payments.
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Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in as Ghana's new president
Jan 08, 2017 06:05Ghana’s new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has been sworn in after defeating incumbent John Dramani Mahama in last month’s peaceful elections.
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Former soldiers seize Ivory Coast city
Jan 06, 2017 11:26Former soldiers in the Ivory Coast have taken control of the city of Bouake, causing a shutdown in the West African country’s second-largest metropolitan city.