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Wagner accused of exploiting timber sector in C. Africa

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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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Search under way for miners trapped under collapsed Malawi mine

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More than 130 migrants rescued off Mauritania

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Rescuers search for seven people in Nairobi building collapse

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Five missing after drilling rig sinks off Gabon

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Minister: Huge Niger oil blowout loses intensity

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Eight killed in accidental blast at Libya training center

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Ethiopia appoints interim Tigray government

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At least 12 killed as illegal migrant boat sinks off coast of Gambia

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Flooded streets, damage in Libya as heavy rains paralyze capital

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Report accuses ArcelorMittal of Liberia land grabs, water pollution

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Niger declares severe desert oil well blowout near Agadem field

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UN: Djibouti boat wreck leaves 139 migrants dead, 84 missing

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Senegal postpones new school year over flooding, heavy rain

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Nigerian air force lowers plane crash death toll to 25 from 32

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Boat collision on Congo River killed at least 30, dozens are missing

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Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria

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Prominent Zimbabwe businessman dies in helicopter crash

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Nigeria stampede over cash handouts kills 3

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Top officials among 17 killed in DR Congo air crash

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Torrential rains flood towns in western Libya

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Four dead after boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria

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Sudan gold mine collapse kills 10, injures 21

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Tunis torrential rain raises flood fears, classes suspended

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Libya arrests pilots accused of flying Turkish jet drunk before runway crash

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Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 82 people

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WFP: Sudan’s Darfur faces driest rainy season in four decades

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S. Africa: Multi-vehicle crash kills 21 on Western Cape highway

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DR Congo stampede after school fire kills at least 14 children

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At least 25 killed in Cape Verde bus crash

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DR Congo wedding party fire kills 12

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Guinea buries 36 victims of Conakry landfill collapse

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NGO: 37 people die from fumes during oil pipeline theft in Nigeria

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More than 160 illegal migrants pulled from sea off Mauritania

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Twelve killed in Algeria wildfires

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