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

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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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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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Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria

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Nigeria stampede over cash handouts kills 3

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Four dead after boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria

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At least 25 killed in Cape Verde bus crash

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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 50 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria

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Niger bus crash kills 22, including 17 soldiers

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Nigerian authorities search for survivors of deadly boat sinking

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Floods kill 59 in Ivory Coast since mid-May

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Heavy rain in Abidjan kills more than 10

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Death toll from Ghana’s flood climbs to 12

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Floods paralyze Ghana capital, kill three

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Artisanal gold mine collapse kills 11 in Guinea

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Lagos secures flood insurance for 4 million at-risk Nigerians

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Six injured, flights suspended after Lagos airport fire

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Gas explosion kills at least 38 miners in central Nigeria

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Three Senegalese sailors found dead after navy ship capsizes

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Senegal Navy searches for three missing sailors

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Five killed, one missing after river boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Benue State

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Several killed in Mali as boat capsizes

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At least 31 dead in New Year’s illegal migrants boat sinking off Gambia

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Seven dead as migrant boat sinks off Gambia

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12 die as illegal migrant boat sinks off Senegal

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Russia-linked oil tanker hit by external explosions off Dakar

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NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestation

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Stampede at Ghana army recruitment event kills six, wounds 22

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Sierra Leone chimpanzee sanctuary reopens after deforestation protest

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Nigeria fuel truck explosion kills at least 29

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Nigeria team plane forced to make emergency landing

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