People displaced following attacks by Islamist militants lineup for accreditation before casting their votes, in Yola, Nigeria, Saturday March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections […]
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UN Women Dumps Uber Following Outcry from Unions, Women’s Groups
The United Nations has pulled out of a partnership with mobile-app-based taxi company Uber, which would have created 1 million driving jobs for women because of concerns about the company’s […]
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Nigerian Military Claim to Destroy Boko Haram Headquarters
Chadian soldiers escorting a group of journalists ride on trucks and pickups in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants […]
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Israel’s Netanyahu Apologizes to Country’s Arab Minority
In this Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, passengers sit on a bus driving past a billboard with the photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and late rabbi […]
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Debt Balloons Off the Charts in Ghana, Angering Critics
President John Mahama’s recent loan from the International Monetary Fund is troubling to some. (Courtesy Photo) (GIN) – The steady nation of Ghana could be heading for a painful train […]
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Battling Racism Theme of Some Rio Carnival Parades
Performers from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parade in a float with the sculpture depicting Nelson Mandela, during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. […]
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Float Accident at Haiti Carnival Parade Kills at Least 20
A man takes pictures of the float on which a singer was electrocuted by an overhead power line as the float passed beneath it during a carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, […]
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Boko Haram Kidnaps Hundreds, Tells Stories of Chibok Girls
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. […]
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Boko Haram Attacks Towns in Niger after Assault on Cameroon
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigeria’s Islamic extremists invaded a second country in the region Friday, attacking two towns in a part of Niger that is already home to tens of […]
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Nigerian Extremists Kill Dozens of Civilians in Cameroon
Men hold a banner during a gathering at the Trocadero place, in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 to protest against extremist Islamic group Boko Haram after a large-scale attack in […]
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Extremists Attack Biggest City in Northeast Nigeria
In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, people including stranded villagers at a local market after recent violence in surrounding areas at Maiduguri, Nigeria. Islamic extremists are rampaging through […]
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeastern Nigerian City, Scores Killed –Again!
Boko Haram extremists attacked Maiduguri on on Sunday. (Photo: AP) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — In fierce fighting Sunday that killed more than 200 combatants, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists […]