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Fire sweeps through crowded Cameroonian prison
A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the…
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Ugandan sex workers risk their lives in lockdown
Sex workers living with HIV in Uganda have stopped taking their medication because of a lack of food and income…
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First two UN peacekeepers die of coronavirus
Two UN peacekeepers in Mali have died from the coronavirus, officials said Friday. Out of the some 100,000 UN troops…
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How man stole 64 chickens in Kaduna, Nigeria
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has jailed a 35-year-old man, Abdullahi Sani, and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sarah…
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Ethiopian army ‘shot man dead because phone rang’ – Amnesty
An Ethiopian soldier shot a man dead in front of several people after his phone rang during a public meeting,…
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‘Don’t go to church, it’s a trap, you’ll die’ – Malema
South Africa’s firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema has urged people not to fall for the “trap” of going to church,…
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Twenty-seven killed in central Mali ethnic attacks, local officials say
Armed men on motorcycles killed 27 civilians in central Mali in three attacks on ethnic Dogon farming villages in less…
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Madagascar denies plan for anti-coronavirus injections
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina appears to have made a U-turn regarding the much publicised purported coronavirus remedy he said his…
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875 people commit suicide during lockdown period in Nepal
A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal. The country has been under lockdown…
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Two Nigerians impersonate over 20 Ghanaian ministers
A Nigerian National Vivian Sadija Imran is in police custody for allegedly impersonating about 20 ministers of state to defraud…
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