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UN calls for immediate release of former Niger leader Mohamed Bazoum
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum smiles before a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron, Feb. 16, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...
Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush
Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...
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The new $374m road that's set to boost economy in one of Africa's poor
The 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...
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Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they ...
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally ...
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West Africa’s junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes
(AP Photo, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against ...
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Libya Deports 613 Migrants Headed for Europe
Reuters The men reached Agadez, the largest city in Niger’s north and a major transit hub for migrants, last week. They were exhausted and dehydrated, and some had skin lesions and broken limbs.
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Fuel tanker explosion: Niger death toll hits 86, 55 injured
The death toll from the petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction, Niger State, on Saturday has risen to 86, while 55 people were injured and taken to hospital. As of Saturday, the death toll was ...
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JUST IN: 86 buried after Niger tanker explosion
A total of 86 bodies have been recovered and buried following a tragic tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director General of the Niger State ...
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Group advocates oil block licences for Niger Deltans
The Niger Delta community youths who are leading protests in Yenagoa, Uyo, Benin-City, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Owerri, Umuahia, Akure, and Abuja are calling for a fresh licensing bid that ...
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High school girls basketball: Tentinger, Bunkers lead Remsen St. Mary's over Royals
MARCUS, Iowa — Despite several runs by MMCRU, the Remsen St. Mary's High School girls' basketball team managed to keep the Royals at arm's length to put together a wire-to-wire win. Senior ...
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JUST IN: Many feared dead, injured in Niger tanker explosion
Many people have been feared dead and others injured when a petrol tanker exploded around Dikko junction in Gurara local government area of Niger State. It was learnt that the petrol tanker ...