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9 years ago | February 7, 2015
Kenya MP shot dead
A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead in the capital early on Saturday morning, in an incident likely to put pressure on ...
Boko Haram has 6 000 militants: US officials
The Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, which is fighting a violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria, has about 4 000-6 ...
9 years ago | February 1, 2015
UN chief backs African force to fight Boko Haram
Addis Ababa — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday welcomed an African Union proposal to set up a regional ...
Human skeletons in bags result in probe
New Delhi — Dozens of human skeletons have been found inside an unused room at a police campus in India, prompting an ...
Chad: 123 Boko Haram militants killed in Cameroon
N’Djamena — Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army ...
North Korea hits back after Obama comments
Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Pyongyang would not sit idly “with rabid dogs barking” about toppling its ...
9 years ago | January 25, 2015
Parly code to ban EFF overalls
A parliamentary sub-committee will continue to consider a new dress code for the legislature next week, which is likely ...
Ebola vaccine trials start as WHO runs out of funds
London – The first batch of an experimental Ebola vaccine has been shipped to Liberia, where the first large-scale ...
Four suspected Islamist militants arrested in Spain
Spanish police arrested four people on Saturday in its North African enclave of Ceuta suspected of belonging to a ...
9 years ago | January 18, 2015
Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster
MALAWI struggles to cope with devastating floods that killed 176 people and displaced 200 000 others. The waters may be ...
UK: Gada funeral visa appeal rejected
A FAMILY whose relatives have been denied visas to attend the funeral of their daughter have been told their ...
9 years ago | January 4, 2015
Congo threatens Hutu rebels
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said on Friday it was ready to launch military operations against ...
Indonesia queries AirAsia licence
Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have pinpointed two “big ...
US embassy bombing suspect dies ahead of trial
A suspected al Qaeda figure alleged to have planned the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya has ...
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