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Clashes between security forces, gold miners in Guinea kill 10

Security, Crime

Armed men storm Nigeria opposition campaign event

Security, Crime

Kenyan lawyer found alive 11 days after abduction

Security, Terrorism

ISIS-linked fighters killed 66 civilians in Ebola-hit east DR Congo

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Wagner accused of exploiting timber sector in C. Africa

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Algeria accuses Morocco of polluting reservoir near border

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Gunmen kill eight in ambush in northeastern Kenya

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Sudan: RSF drone strike kills nine civilians in Blue Nile State

Security, Crime

Kenya seizes $27M worth of crystal methamphetamine

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Senegal officials raise illegal migrant boat death toll to 39

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At least 35 killed in migrant boat sinking off Senegal

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C. Africa says killed chief of prominent armed group

Security, Crime

Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for mass starvation murders

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Search under way for miners trapped under collapsed Malawi mine

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Nigerian opposition leader convoy attacked

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Ethiopia expels six Sudanese diplomats amid accusations of RSF support

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Sudanese army says it shot down drone coming from Ethiopia

Security, Crime

Gunmen kill eight police officers sent to secure Nigeria senate primary

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Sudan files complaint to UN Security Council over Ethiopia drone attacks

Security, Crime

Somali pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel

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Ethnic clashes over water kill 25 in Chad

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More than 130 migrants rescued off Mauritania

Security, Crime

Nigeria security forces kill dozens of gang members

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Sudan accuses Ethiopia of enabling drone strike

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Cross-border abductions threaten Kenya’s status as dissident refuge

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Senegal arrests 30 people at Casamance rebel base

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Rwanda rejects blame as US sanctions escalate Congo dispute

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Clashes wound at least 72 soldiers in Chad gold mining region

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Nigeria Panel finds 33 miners died from neglect in custody

Security, Crime

Prominent Nigerian Muslim cleric shot dead

Security, Crime

72 killed in S. Sudan intercommunal attack

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Dozens killed in attack on Ethiopia Orthodox Christians

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Gunmen kill at least 20 in northeast Nigeria

Security, Crime

Several dead in clashes between rival Ethiopia regional armies

Security, Accident/Disaster/Environment

Rescuers search for seven people in Nairobi building collapse

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Clashes erupt in Tunisia after deaths allegedly linked to police

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Five missing after drilling rig sinks off Gabon

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