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Exclusive-The identities of Wagner mercenaries lost in a Mali ambush revealed

11 Sep 2024

By Filipp Lebedev, Felix Light, Jessica Donati LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) -Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media …

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Floods decimate Nigerian zoo, wash crocodiles into community

10 Sep 2024

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Floods in north Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a large zoo with an array of wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffaloes and ostriches, the facility said on Tuesday. “Some deadly animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes,” Sanda …

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Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says

10 Sep 2024

By Ammu Kannampilly ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) -The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal attack on the Ugandan athlete, a hospital official said on Tuesday. Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than …

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Morocco floods death toll rises to 18, authorities say

9 Sep 2024

RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) – Floods from torrential rains killed at least 18 people in the southern Morocco provinces of Tata, Tiznit, Errachidia, Tinghir and Taroudant, authorities said in a latest death toll on Monday. At least four others were missing after floods swamped many villages in the area on Saturday, authorities added. The dead include …

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RSF paramilitaries kill 31 in Sudanese city of Sennar, activists say

9 Sep 2024

DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 31 people have been killed and 100 wounded since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces renewed an assault on the city of Sennar in southeastern Sudan on Sunday, a legal activist group said. Several parts of the city including the main market have been targeted by RSF artillery fire, said Emergency …

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Guinea-Bissau police seize over 2 tons of cocaine on plane from Venezuela

9 Sep 2024

(Reuters) – Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized 2.63 tons of cocaine found on an airplane that arrived from Venezuela in the West African country’s capital, the judicial police said. Agents confiscated 78 bales of drugs that were smuggled in on a Gulfstream IV aircraft during a raid on Saturday afternoon at Bissau’s Osvaldo Vieira International …

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At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

9 Sep 2024

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the state’s disaster management agency said. The State Emergency Management Agency in north-central Niger state said the fuel truck collided with a truck carrying travellers and cattle. Several …

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