3: 40 p.m. (1240 GMT, 8: 40 a.m. EDT) Kenya’s president says hostages have been taken in the attack on a college in the northeastern town of Garissa. Students of […]
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Nigeria Celebrates Buhari’s Stunning Win; Challenges Loom
Supporters of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate an anticipated win for their candidate, in Kano, Nigeria Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Nigeria’s aviation minister says President Goodluck Jonathan has called challenger […]
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At Least 15 Dead as Gunmen Attack University in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab gunmen attacked a college in northeast Kenya early Thursday, targeting Christians and killing at least 15 people and wounding 60 others, witnesses said. Even as […]
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Cabinet Minister: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Concedes to Challenger Buhari
In this Saturday, March 28, 2015 file photo, opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari holds his ballot paper in the air before casting his vote in his home town of Daura, […]
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Boko Haram Kills 41, Prevents Hundreds Voting in Nigeria
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. […]