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Tunisia

Tunisia tops FIFA Africa ranking after 15 years, Nigeria is 5th

Tunisia has moved top of Fifa’s African rankings for the first time in 15 years. The last time the North Africans were ranked the best team on the continent was back in January 2002, a position the Carthage Eagles had assumed the previous July. Managed by Nabil Maaloul, Tunisia – who need just a point […]

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Somalia

Somalia buries 165 unidentified bodies after truck bomb attack

About 165 unidentified bodies have been buried after a massive truck bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday. At least 276 people have died and the government news agency Sonna says only 111 of them have been identified. A Turkish military plane is taking 40 of the injured to Turkey for medical treatment.

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Month-old baby, 35 others die in Portugal, Spain wildfire

A one-month-old baby is among at least 36 people confirmed dead in Portugal and Spain after parts of both countries were ravaged by hundreds of wildfires. The newborn had been missing after a wildfire near Tabua, around 120 miles (200km) north of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. The bodies of its parents were found nearby. At

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Cairo is world’s most dangerous city for women, London most friendly – Report

The Egyptian capital Cairo has been described as the “most dangerous” megacity for women. The finding comes from the first international poll on how women fare in cities with over 10 million people. The survey was conducted in 19 megacities where experts on women’s issues were asked about how well women were protected from sexual

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NAPS

NAPS frowns out extra judicial killings of Nigerians in South Africa

Shall we continue to keep silent while there is injustice? Shall we turn a blind eye to the continuous and gruesome murder of our compatriots in diaspora? The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students, with all dignity to human life, frowns at and condemns the unjust killing of Ibrahim Badmus by unidentified men of

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BREAKING: 4 dead as cargo plane crashes near sea in Cote d’ Ivore

At least four people were killed on Saturday when a propeller-engine cargo plane crashed into the sea near the international airport in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, a Reuters witness said. Fire-fighters and rescue divers removed two bodies from the plane, which had broken into several pieces and come to rest near the beach. Two

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