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4 Killed As Libyan Coastguard Battles People-Smugglers

Gambians deported from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul Four suspected...

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US May Widen Ban of Carry-On Computers On Planes

The United States may soon expand its ban on air passengers carrying computers on board on US-bound flights, Homeland...

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Watch the World’s Most Venomous Scorpion In Action

The world's most lethal scorpion, the deathstalker, has been caught on high-speed camera for the first time lashing out...

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World’s Most Venomous Scorpion In Action

The world's most lethal scorpion, the deathstalker, has been caught on high-speed camera for the first time lashing out...

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Ghana Signs MoU’s To Increase Women Participation In Agric

Ghana has entered into agreements with two major foreign investment companies in the agricultural sector. The two...

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Egypt’s ‘fantastic Guy’ Sisi To Meet Donald Trump

After four years of tension with the United States, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now has a fan in the White...

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128 Nigerians, Other Migrants Drown In Mediterranean Sea In 21 Days

International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died...

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Mideast Conflicts Leave Millions Unsure of Next Meal

The devastating conflicts gripping the Middle East and North Africa have left 30 million people unsure of their next...

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Rooftop Shanties Top Once Iconic Casablanca Buildings

Shanties have mushroomed on the rooftops of historic apartment buildings in Casablanca, as the Moroccan city's...

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Dubai’s Emaar Malls Rivals Amazon With $800m Souq.com Bid

Dubai's Emaar Malls has offered $800 million to buy Souq.com, the Middle East's largest online retailer, it said...

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US and UK Laptop Bans On Some Middle East Flights Come Into Effect

A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the Middle East and North...

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Weary Flyers Shrug As Middle East Laptop Ban Takes Off

A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain...

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Laptop Ban Hits Dubai For 1.1m Weekend Travellers

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct...

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned In Mediterranean

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned In Mediterranean

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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Hundreds Feared Dead In the Mediterranean Sea

About 250 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after two partially submerged rubber dinghies were found off...

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How Poetry Is Taking On State Censorship In Sudan

In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir looks at how Sudan's young poets are reviving the...

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Amnesty Condemns US, UK Over Yemen Arms

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the United States and Britain for transferring arms to Saudi Arabia to use...