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Senior Member of Britain’s UKIP In Hospital After ‘altercation’ At Party Meeting

Steven Woolfe, a leading candidate to be the new leader of Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party, was in hospital...

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Al-Shabab ‘kills Christians’ In Kenya’s Mandera Town

Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed six Christians in north-eastern Kenya in an attack aimed at...

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Introducing the Grand Marshall H.E. John Dramani Mahama

Some people run for cover when he appeared in the village square, elegantly dressed in full military attire. The last...

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Ethiopia-Djibouti Electric Railway Line Opens

Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa. It links...

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Tiny Machines Win Chemistry Nobel Prize

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world’s smallest machines. Jean-Pierre...

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IOC Called To Help Compensate Child Victims of Violence

The International Olympic Committee should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, say...

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Police In India Detain 750 Over US Call Centre Scam

Police in the western Indian city of Thane have arrested more than 750 people suspected of defrauding US citizens from...

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IGP’s Order On Vehicle Checks ‘absurd’

Founding President of think tank, IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, says an order by the...

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Meet the Seven-Year-Old Girl Tweeting From Aleppo

Seven-year-old Bana Alabed tweeted a photo a week ago, sitting at a desk with a book, her doll in the background. "Good...

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Nigerian Actress Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’

A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral”...

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Yahoo ‘secretly Scanned Emails For US Authorities’

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users’ email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report....

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NPA, GSA Could Have Gone For Stricter Fuel Standard

The African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has commended the National Petroleum in Authority (NPA) for preliminary...

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Kenyan Man Arrested After Schoolgirl ‘sex Boast’ On Facebook

Police in Kenya have arrested a man after he allegedly boasted on Facebook about having sex with an underage girl,...

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Turkey Purges 13,000 Police Officers Over Failed Coup

Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of the failed overthrow Turkey has...

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Nigerian Actress Rahama Sadau Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’

A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour,...

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Dangerous Storm Closes In On Haiti

One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years is closing in on Haiti, bringing winds, rains and storm...

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Song Comes Out of Two-Day Coma

Former Liverpool and Cameroon defender Rigobert Song has been brought out of a two-day coma and is due to fly to France...

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Nigerian Actress Banned Over Hug

A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral”...

Business

NPA Reduces National Sulphur Levels For Diesel

The National Petroleum Authority has revised the national sulphur specification for diesel from maximum 3000pmm (parts...