Twin attacks on a Malian army base in the northern city of Timbuktu and in the centre of the country left dozens of soldiers dead, as well as at least a dozen assailants, security sources and local officials said on Monday.Timbuktu came under attack and shells were also fired at the airport where heavy gunfire …
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A Nigerian military air strike in the country’s embattled northwest has killed at least 20 civilians, three residents told AFP on Monday.A group of local vigilantes were struck over the weekend as they were pursuing a criminal gang in Zamfara state, the residents said. The Nigerian military did not respond to a request for comment but …
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On a hot and humid afternoon in Mokwa, Nigeria, Fatima and Habiba Jibrin sat under a mango tree, waiting for the recovery of corpses they fear may never come.Both women, married to the same man, had been spending their nights there since last week when the worst flood in living memory wiped out swathes of …
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Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi broke down in tears Monday as he recounted brutal treatment including “sexual torture” at the hands of Tanzanian security forces which he said left him broken.Award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire, who was with Mwangi when they were both abducted in Tanzania on May 19, had previously made similar allegations to …
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Congolese prolific scorer Fiston Mayele, Croatian coach Krunoslav Jurcic and Emirati businessman Salem al Shamsi played key roles as Pyramids became the fourth Egyptian club to be crowned African champions.Competing in the premier African club competition for only the second time, Pyramids beat South African rivals Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Sunday in Cairo and 3-2 …
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Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi broke down in tears Monday as he recounted brutal treatment including “sexual torture” at the hands of Tanzanian security forces which he said left him broken.Award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire, who was with Mwangi when they were both abducted in Tanzania on May 19, had previously made similar allegations …
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South African batsman-wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen announced on Monday that he was retiring from international cricket.The big-hitting Klaasen, 33, earned a reputation as one of the most destructive batsmen in white-ball cricket. “Playing for the Proteas gave me the opportunity to meet great people who changed my life,” Klaasen said in a statement issued by Cricket South Africa.Klaasen scored …
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Gunmen killed 25 people in two attacks across north-central Nigeria’s Benue state over the weekend, local authorities told AFP Monday, the latest violence in a region known for deadly land disputes and reprisals.Attackers killed 14 people on Sunday in the community of Ankpali, said Adam Ochega, chairman of the Apa local government council, warning that …
Adamu Yusuf was preparing to go to the Mokwa market Thursday morning when he heard his neighbour shouting: floodwaters were sweeping through the Nigerian town.Water had been building up for days behind an abandoned railway track that runs along the edge of the town, residents told AFP. It was not the first time heavy rains had …
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Pyramids of Egypt survived late pressure to beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa 2-1 in Cairo on Sunday and win the CAF Champions League for the first time. Competing in the premier African club competition for only the second time, Pyramids triumphed 3-2 on aggregate after the first leg was drawn 1-1 in Pretoria last weekend.Fiston …
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