Nigeria’s tense election campaign ends with appeals for calm
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- US, European and other governments on Thursday urged Nigeria to ensure a peaceful presidential election this…
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Africa
Nigerians vote in most unpredictable election in years
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race…
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Nigerian president moves to ease cash crisis
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday defended a currency swap that sparked…
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Jobs, not doctrine, the lure for Africa’s jihadists: UN
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are…
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After pope’s call for peace, violence rages in east DR Congo
by AFP eastern Congo correspondents Agence France-Presse GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Pope Francis made repeated appeals for peace during…
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Horn of Africa drought drives 22 million to hunger
K'ELAFO, Ethiopia (AFP) - From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger…
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Gunmen kill eight at birthday party in S.Africa: police
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at the weekend in…
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Migrants in Morocco limbo as they cling to Europe dreams
by Kaouthar Oudrhiri Agence France-Presse CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) -- Oumar left home in Guinea five years ago in search of…
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Senegal road crash kills 22
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Twenty-two people died on Monday when a bus and a truck collided in northern Senegal, firefighters…
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Gunmen attack Nigeria train station, kidnap more than 30
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP) Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria, kidnapping around 30 people and wounding others, police and…
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