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South African Bees: ‘One Million Die in Cape Town’
At least one million bees are suspected to have died of poisoning in a wine-producing area of South Africa.
Brendan Ashley-Cooper told the BBC that an insecticide used by wine farmers, Fipronil, was thought to have killed the insects on…
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Nigeria loses $6bn from ‘corrupt’ oil deal linked to fraud
A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.
The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived…
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”STOP COMPLAINING, RISEUP AND VOTE”–ABDULSALAMI TELLS NIGERIAN YOUTH
Former military head of state, AbdulsalamiAbubakar has urged Nigerian youth to stopcriticizing the failures of government and misrule of bad leaders but “rise up and vote out incompetentgovernments”.
The retired general also urged…
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Museveni says capsized cruise boat was overloaded, 29 dead
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday thata cruise boat which capsized on Lake Victoria a day earlier, killing at least 29 people, was carrying more than twice its capacity of 50.
More than 200 people died in September when…
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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Unable To Walk
Robert Mugabe, the 94-year-old former president of Zimbabwe, is no longer able to walk because of ill health and age.
The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who said on Saturday that the former leader…
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Sandra Parks: Anti-gun student, 13, killed by stray bullet
“We are in a state of chaos. In the city in which I live, I hear and see examples of chaos almost every day. Little children are victims of senseless gun violence…”
Two years ago, 11-year-old Milwaukee schoolgirl Sandra Parks wrote these…
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Black Friday shooting: Shoppers Hurt In Deadly Shootout at Alabama mall
One teenager is dead and two others have been injured following a shooting at an Alabama mall open late ahead of Black Friday shopping.The shooting happened around 9.30 pm on Thursday at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a town 10 miles…
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South Korean Pastor Sentenced To Prison For Raping Followers
A South Korean pastor has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega-church.
Lee Jae-rock, 75, has about 130,000 followers at the Manmin Central Church in Seoul. He denied all the charges.
His…
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Nigeria Suffers Looming Depression Crisis
Late last year, 31-year-old taxi driver Hammed Olojo tried to jump into Lagos Lagoon. He was later charged with attempted suicide, and he was far from alone: An analysis from Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper found that 79 people in the…
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Italy to Resist Budget Pressure Ahead of EU Elections
Italy said on Thursday it would resist pressure from Brussels to revise its big-spending budget, effectively daring EU authorities to punish it with fines ahead of May’s European parliamentary elections.
Leaders of Rome’s populist…
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