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Gambia's government plans to auction ex-President Yahya Jammeh's luxury planes and cars online, the AFP news agency reports. Regional countries intervened to force Mr Jammeh into exile after he lost elections in December 2016 but refused…
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US President Donald Trump has bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order promising to "keep families together" in migrant detentions. Mr Trump reversed his own policy amid international fury over the separation of…
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A petrol tanker which caught fire in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has killed more people, officials say. More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck lost control and spilled its contents on a busy…
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EU leaders have differed sharply over how a new deal on curbing irregular migration will work. The agreement foresees the creation of secure centres to receive migrants. France's president said his country would not set any up as it was…
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Money looted by Nigeria's former military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor families, the government says. The distribution is to start next month after more than $300m (£228m) was returned by the Swiss authorities. The…
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Gunmen in Mali have attacked the headquarters of the regional force fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa, witnesses say. There was an explosion - possibly caused by a suicide bomber - at the facility in the town…
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A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say. More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck lost control and spilled its contents on a busy…
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An inquest in Kenya has found that police were liable for the murder of a British aristocrat who died in the coastal resort of Diani in 2012. The inquest magistrate in Mombasa concluded that four officers should be charged with the…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European leaders to work together on finding solutions to irregular migration. She told Germany's parliament the issue could be a defining moment for the EU. The call comes ahead of an EU summit…
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At least 15 people have been killed in a fire at a market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. More than 70 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the middle of the night destroying many properties. The Gikomba is one of the…
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