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Attackers with guns and machetes kill 25 people in Nigeria’s Plateau State
JOS, Nigeria: Attackers wielding guns and machetes killed at least two dozen people in central Nigeria’s Plateau State, survivors told AFP on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a State plagued…
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Why Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s President turned into a fiasco. By Chido Nwangwu
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Former DR Congo PM Matata sentenced to 10 years hard labour for embezzling $245 million in public funds
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