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A Painful Chapter In Nigeria’s History

Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking...

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Palestinians End Mass Hunger Strike In Israel Jails

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their mass protest under...

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Does India Risk Hague Return For Gogoi’s ‘war Crimes’ In Kashmir?

As news broke that India's army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and used him as a...

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Prophet Freed In A Congo Jail-Break

Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their...

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Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores

A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...

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Clashes Erupt At Palestinian Protest To Support Hunger Strikers

Clashes erupted in the occupied West Bank on Thursday between Israeli soldiers and hundreds of Palestinians protesting...

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First Red Cross Visit For Palestinian Hunger Strike Leader

The Red Cross visited the leader of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails on Thursday for...

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Migrants Storm Border Fence From Morocco Into Spain

About 100 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on...

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Freed 82 Meet President Buhari

The 82 schoolgirls released by Boko Haram Islamist militants have met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. They were...

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Eighty-Two Chibok Girls Freed By Boko Haram

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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Boko Haram Releases 82 Chibok Girls

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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At Least 80 Chibok Girls Freed In Nigeria

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released at least 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million

The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...

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Mosul’s Sudanese Eye Homecoming

They're not Iraqis but they suffered under jihadist rule just like other Mosul residents. Now they have lost everything...

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20 Killed, A Dozen Missing, When Ferry Capsizes In Burma

At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after a ferry boat capsized in Burma's Ayeyarwaddy...

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20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash

At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in...

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Colombia President Defends Rescue Effort

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has defended his government's response to the Mocoa landslide, saying rescue...

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Hamas To Allow UN, Red Cross Workers To Leave Gaza

Hamas will allow foreign UN and Red Cross workers to leave Gaza, the Islamist movement ruling the Palestinian enclave...

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Number of Kenyans Going Hungry Doubles To 3 Mn

The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross...