Nigerian military rejects Reuters report of secret mass abortion programme
NIGERIA’S Defence Chief, General Lucky Irabor, said that the military will not investigate a Reuters report that it ran a
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Burkina Faso’s vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk
ANNE MIMAULT and HELEN REID A gold mining boom in Burkina Faso over the last decade propelled Boukary Diallo from
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Boko Haram fighters kill 10 Chadian soldiers near Nigeria border
BOKO Haram militants killed at least 10 Chadian soldiers in an attack on a military unit in Lake Chad province
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Three U.N. peacekeepers killed, three injured in Mali attack
THREE United Nations peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in
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Militants kill at least 40 villagers in east Congo attacks
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE SUSPECTED Islamist militants killed at least 40 civilians in a string of attacks on several villages in
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Nigerian police urged to be humane
NIGERIAN police are to tighten security at schools and hospitals and conduct stop and search operations in a bid to
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Suspected Islamists kill 20 in east DRC villages
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE SUSPECTED Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks on two villages in eastern Congo over the
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Militants attack Mali’s main military base, situation ‘under control’
FADIMATA KONTAO ISLAMIST militants struck Mali’s main military base, just outside the capital Bamako, in a complex attack involving car
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Togo villagers flee to urban centres after militant attacks
CIVILIANS in a part of northern Togo attacked by suspected Islamist militants last week have been fleeing their homes en
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Ahead of Mali withdraw, France prepares future Sahel strategy
JOHN IRISH FRENCH officials head to Niger to redefine the country’s strategy to fight Islamist militants in the Sahel as
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