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Plane crashes after take-off in Lagos, Nigeria

YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 20240

A plane carrying 27 people has crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos airport in Nigeria, officials say. A rescue operation is ongoing. At least five...

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At least 82 dead, many missing as migrant boat sinks off Sicily

YoopyaOctober 3, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 3, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – At least 82 people died and scores were missing after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa...

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Sudan: Smartphones spread word of protests

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013June 22, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013June 22, 20230

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — In the face of a heavy media blackout imposed by the government over their protests, Sudanese taking to the streets demanding...

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Terror, mass shootings don’t mean more danger

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 20240

It almost feels these days as if there is no safe place — that after global jihad strikes a Nairobi shopping mall or a deranged...

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Guinea votes in long-delayed parliamentary election

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Guineans voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election to complete its transition to democracy after a 2008 military coup and end decades of...

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Near stricken Kenya mall, humanity and unity shine

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013April 3, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The volunteers kept bringing food, boxes upon boxes of cookies and bottled water. After shoppers and workers were mowed down by...

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More than 3,000 protesters on Khartoum streets demand Bashir quit

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – More than 3,000 protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday to demand President Omar Hassan al-Bashir quit, witnesses...

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Liberia’s Charles Taylor loses appeal against war crimes conviction

YoopyaSeptember 26, 2013September 12, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 26, 2013September 12, 20230

(Reuters) – Charles Taylor lost his appeal against a war crimes conviction on Thursday, judges confirming a 50-year jail term against the former Liberian president...

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Militant group attacks Kenyan border towns

YoopyaSeptember 26, 2013September 12, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 26, 2013September 12, 20230

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the...

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Shabab: 137 killed in Kenya mall attack

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The militant group behind the four-day takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that Kenyan government forces used chemical weapons in...