Children among 18 killed in Sudan military plane crash: army
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) --Four children were among 18 people killed Thursday when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed after takeoff…
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Africa
Captain, 7 crew abducted from Greek oil tanker in Cameroon port
by Hélène COLLIOPOULOU / Jean-Baptiste KETCHATENG DOUALA, Cameroon (AFP) -- Armed men staged a night raid on a Greek oil…
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Benin jails journalist over Facebook post
Cotonou, Benin (AFP) -- Benin sentenced an investigative journalist to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for comments he posted…
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Sudan’s Bashir gets two years’ detention for corruption
by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Emmanuel Parisse Agence France Presse KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Sudan's former president Omar…
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Three soldiers, 14 attackers dead in Niger camp assault
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- Three soldiers and 14 attackers died in an assault earlier this week on an army camp…
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23 killed as fire engulfs Sudan factory
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Twenty-three people were killed and dozens injured as a fire triggered by an explosion in a…
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UPDATED: Plane crashes into homes in east DR Congo city, killing 29
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a…
5 years ago
Kenya landslides kill 29 people
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- At least 29 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in…
5 years ago
Egypt oil pipeline fire kills six
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Six people were killed and 15 injured when a leaking oil pipeline caught fire in Egypt's…
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Huge fire at Kenya hospital forces evacuation of 100 patients
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- A massive fire at the oldest hospital in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa forced the…
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