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Cameroonian Separatists Faxe Death Sentence
Ten Cameroonian separatist leaders extradited from Nigeria earlier this year will face trial next month on terrorism charges that could lead to the death penalty, one of their lawyers said after a court hearing on Tuesday.
The accused…
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Argentina to Probe Saudi Crown Prince over Yemen, Khashoggi
Human Rights Watch has asked Argentina to use a war crimes clause in its constitution to investigate the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in possible crimes against humanity in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal…
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Afghanistan: US Service Members Killed in Bomb Explosion
Three US service members have been killed and three others wounded in an explosion near Ghazni in Afghanistan.
A US civilian contractor was also hurt by the improvised explosive device, the Nato-led mission said in a statement.…
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Ukraine-Russia Sea Clash: Captured Sailors Shown on Russia TV
Statements by three captured Ukrainians have been released by Russia's security service after Russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian boats off the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea.
One of the men, Volodymyr Lisovyi, said he was…
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Israel Says Will Renew Ties with Chad after Presidential Visit
Israel said on Tuesday that it and Chad would resume relations, severed in 1972, after the central African country’s President Idriss Deby made a surprise visit to Jerusalem this week.
After Deby wound up his two-day visit, Israel said…
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Chinese Charged Over Kenya ‘Railway Scam’
Three Chinese nationals have been charged with attempting to bribe investigators working on an alleged ticketing scam in a massive Kenyan railway project.
Some $10,000 (£8,000) a day was being stolen in the scheme, local media say.…
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Nigeria Could Lose $6bn from ‘Corrupt’ Oil Deal Linked to Fraud
A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.
The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived…
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South African Bees: ‘One Million Die in Cape Town’
At least one million bees are suspected to have died of poisoning in a wine-producing area of South Africa.
Brendan Ashley-Cooper told the BBC that an insecticide used by wine farmers, Fipronil, was thought to have killed the insects on…
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Nigeria loses $6bn from ‘corrupt’ oil deal linked to fraud
A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.
The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived…
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”STOP COMPLAINING, RISEUP AND VOTE”–ABDULSALAMI TELLS NIGERIAN YOUTH
Former military head of state, AbdulsalamiAbubakar has urged Nigerian youth to stopcriticizing the failures of government and misrule of bad leaders but “rise up and vote out incompetentgovernments”.
The retired general also urged…
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