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At least 33 killed in east DR Congo including civilians in clashes
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At least 33 people were killed following a militia attack on a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a respected monitor said Saturday, raising an earlier reported death toll. Kivu Security Tracker, the monitor, tweeted that at least 33
Terrorist group al-Shabab kills at least 19 civilians in Somalia
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Al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabab killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region in Somalia on Saturday morning, state media and local officials said on Saturday. The attack comes two weeks
Deaths rise in Pakistan flood as survivors face diseases, snakebites
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A massive outbreak of waterborne diseases and deadly snakebites are weighing on hundreds of thousands of flood survivors in Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, as the death toll from the months of devastation rose to 1,300. At least 26 more people died
Ghana Lands Minister seeks amicable solution over Australian firm’s threat of $395m suit
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Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Friday held a productive meeting with an Australian mining firm, Cassius Mining Limited in Perth, Australia, over alleged threats by the mining firm to sue Ghana for $395 million in
Malta High Commission to partner SME GrowAfrica to explore business opportunities
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The Malta High Commission in Ghana is set to facilitate business partnership between SME GrowAfrica and the Malta Chamber of SMEs to explore business opportunities in both countries. SME Africa is a Ghanaian organisation which seeks to promote and empower SMEs
Germany and Poland to investigate mass fish deaths in the Oder River
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Officials says laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its waters, Poland’s environment minister has said, as the mystery continued as to what killed tonnes of fish
Failure to resolve Libya political crisis is growing threat: UN
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The U.N. political chief warned Tuesday that failure to resolve Libya’s political crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country, pointing to violent clashes a few days ago that killed at least 42 people and injured 159
Police in Madagascar kill 14, injure 28 after albino child kidnapping
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Police in Madagascar opened fire and killed at least 14 and wounded 28 others in a lynch mob angered by the kidnapping of a child with albinism. The shooting took place on Monday morning in the southeastern town of Ikongo, about