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Central prison attacked by gunmen in Niger's capital
A state security agent says that a group of masked gunmen opened fire at the entrance to the central prison, and fought their way inside the...
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| May. 23 |
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Suicide bombers kill 26 in Niger car bomb attacks
Bombers detonated 2 bombs, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated min...
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| May. 18 |
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Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast
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| May.4 |
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Clashes kills dozens at Wukari leader's funeral. Nigeria
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| Apr.26 |
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Boko Haram 'got $3m ransom' to free hostages. Nigeria
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| Apr.6 |
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Attack targets Nigerian politician
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| Mar.19 |
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Al-Qaeda 'kills French Mali hostage'
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| Mar.18 |
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Deadly blasts at Nigeria bus station
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| Mar.10 |
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Nigeria hostages are feared dead
A Nigerian Islamist militant group Ansaru's claims to have killed seven foreign hostages it seized last month are credible, Western governments...
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| Mar.2 |
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Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed in Mali'
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| Mar.1 |
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Top al-Qaeda leader 'killed in Mali' Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in northern Mali, Chadian President Idriss Deby has said
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| Feb.17 |
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Foreign workers abducted in Nigeria
Map of Bauchi Nigeria At least six foreign workers have been seized and a security guard shot dead by gunmen who attacked a construction company site in northern Nigeria
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| Jan.17 |
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Americans held hostage in Algeria. Mali
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| Dec.23 |
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Timbuktu mausoleums 'destroyed' |
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| Dec.10 |
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Mali PM Cheik Mobido Diarra arrested by army
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| Dec.9 |
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Finance minister's mother kidnapped |
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| Nov.25 |
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Bombs hit Nigeria barracks church
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| Oct.28 |
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Suicide attack at Nigeria church
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| Oct.13 |
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Riot stops Senegal football match |
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| Oct.11 |
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Ashanti crown jewels stolen in hotel. Norway
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| Oct.4 |
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Al Qaeda threat 'spreading' in northern Africa |
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| Oct.2 |
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Nigeria probes student killings
Map of Mubi Nigeria Nigeria's authorities are investigating the killings of at least 26 people in an attack on a college hostel in the north-eastern town of Mubi
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| Sep.5 |
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Ex-Gadhafi spy chief extradited to Libya Mauritania: Mauritania has handed over Libya's former chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi, one the most wanted members of fallen regime back to Li...
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| Aug.24 |
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Nine executed in Gambia |
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| Aug.7 |
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19 killed in attack on Nigerian church |
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| Jun.17 |
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Explosions hit Nigerian churches
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| Jun.10 |
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8 killed in Nigerian church blast, clashes
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| Apr.29 |
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Deadly attack at Nigerian college
At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at Bayero University campus in Nigeria's northern city of Kano
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| Apr.26 |
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Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes 
Netherlands: International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war
| Taylor, 64, was accused of backing rebels who killed tens of thousands of people in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war
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| Mar.8 |
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Briton, Italian killed amid rescue
Map of Sokoto Nigeria Nigeria: The suspected killers of Italian and British hostages who had been held in Nigeria have been arrested, an adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan said
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| Jan.24 |
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Nigerians arrest Islamist militant suspects
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| Jan.21 |
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Official: Bombings kill 156 in Nigerian city
Map of Kano Nigeria Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed scores of people and wounded others
| A hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites
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| Jan.6 |
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Nigeria hit by string of attacks
Map of Adamawa Nigeria| Nigeria has been hit by a fresh wave of violence apparently targeting the country's Christian communities. At least 17 people were killed in Mubi. There were reports of a deadly attack in Adamawa's capital, Yola.
The Islamist Boko Haram group... | |
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| Dec.31 |
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Nigeria attacks prompt emergency
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| Dec.25 |
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Churches bombed on Christmas Day
Map of Madala Nigeria Nigeria: Bomb blasts struck at least three churches in Nigeria on Sunday as worshippers were attending Christmas Day services
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| Nov.5 |
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Nigeria Islamist raid 'kills 63'
A series of bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu has killed at least 63 people
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| Oct.12 |
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'Underpants bomber' admits attack |
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| Oct.11 |
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Detroit 'underwear bomber' trial begins
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| Aug.26 |
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Blast rocks UN building in Nigerian capital
Map of Abuja Nigeria At least 18 people were killed. 8 people had been injured. Extra security had been ordered in the area around the capital
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| Jan.8 |
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French hostages in Niger killed |
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| Dec.31 |
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11 killed in Nigeria bomb blast |
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| Dec.27 |
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Arrests follow blasts |
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| Dec.24 |
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Deadly Christmas Eve bombings |
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| Dec.23 |
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Post-election violence claimed 173 lives Ivory Coast: International pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence
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| Dec.21 |
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Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims |
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| Nov.19 |
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Nigeria seizes heroin from Iran |
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| Nov.17 |
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Miilitary rescue 19 hostages in Niger Delta |
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| Oct.2 |
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Blasts death toll now stands at 12 |
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| Aug.9 |
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Taylor 'gave diamonds to model'. UN Tribunal
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| Aug.5 |
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Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift UN Tribunal: Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Ta...
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| Mar.8 |
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Attack on Nigerian town kills hundreds
The death toll violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian...
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| Mar.7 |
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Attack on town kills more than 100. Nigeria
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| Jan.23 |
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150 reported killed in violence. Nigeria
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| Jan.8 |
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Togo football team bus attacked
Map of Cabinda Angola Angola: A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations. 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others wer... | |
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| Jan.6 |
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Nigerian charged over plane bomb plot |
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| Dec.29 |
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Suspect's father met with CIA |
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| Dec.26 |
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Father alerted US about plane bomber. Nigeria
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Nigerian accused of attacking US plane |
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| Dec.3 |
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Guinea leader survives attack
Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the nation, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy
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| Sep.29 |
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Massacre toll put at 157
Guinea: Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest
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| Aug.17 |
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Russia finds missing cargo ship |
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| Aug.14 |
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Missing ship 'found' off Africa |
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| Jul.29 |
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Girl's attack sheds light on Liberia rapes |
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| Jul.14 |
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Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations. UN Tribunal
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| Mar.18 |
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1,000 seized in 'witch-hunt' |
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| Mar.2 |
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President shot dead
Guinea-Bissau: Renegade soldiers have shot dead Joao Bernardo Vieira as a revenge, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier
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| Nov.29 |
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Riots kill hundreds |
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| Jan.10 |
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Taylor 'secretly sent arms to rebels' |
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| Jan.8 |
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Horror recounted at Taylor trial |
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| Jan.7 |
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Taylor war crimes trial resumes. UN Tribunal
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| Dec.25 |
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Prosecutors probe 'al-Qaeda link'. Mauritania
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| Jul.9 |
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Girl recovers after kidnap |
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| Jul.8 |
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Kidnappers free UK girl |
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| Jul.5 |
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'Threat to kill' missing UK girl |
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Three-year-old seized. Nigeria Delta
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| Jun.29 |
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Rocket fired at PM plane. Ivory Coast
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| Jun.20 |
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First S Leone war crimes verdicts |
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| Jun.4 |
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Taylor boycotts 'charade' trial |
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| May.8 |
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4 Americans seized |
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| Apr.21 |
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Truck bomb attempt on poll HQ |
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| Feb.8 |
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Militants hold more hostages |
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| Jan.17 |
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Militants free Italian |
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| Nov.22 |
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Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue |
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| Jun.20 |
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Taylor on way to Hague for trial. UN Tribunal
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| Jun.15 |
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UK agrees to jail Charles Taylor |
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| May.7 |
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Liberia sex-for-aid 'widespread' |
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| Apr.3 |
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Taylor pleads not guilty of war crimes |
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Taylor appears in war crimes case |
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| Mar.29 |
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Taylor sent to war crimes court |
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| Mar.28 |
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War crimes suspect Taylor missing |
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| Aug.2 |
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U.N. finds mass graves |
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| Mar.9 |
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War crimes tribunal opens |
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| Dec.4 |
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Charles Taylor wanted by Interpol |
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| Nov.7 |
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US 'offers Charles Taylor bounty' |
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| Aug.18 |
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14 European hostages released. Mali
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| Aug.13 |
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Hungry Liberians storm port |
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| Jun.4 |
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Arrest warrant for President Taylor |
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| Aug.19 |
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Woman loses stoning death appeal |
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| Dec.24 |
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Minister shot dead; Troops deployed |
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| Oct.14 |
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Riots engulf city |
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| Sep.11 |
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Religious fighting killed 165 |
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| Apr.12 |
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Ship with 250 child slaves |
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| Dec.4 |
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State of emergency after violence |
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| 2010 |
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| Nov.19 |
Nigeria seizes heroin from Iran |
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| 2010 |
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| Dec.21 |
Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims |
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| 2001 |
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| Sep.11 |
Religious fighting killed 165 |
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| 2013 |
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| May. 23 |
Suicide bombers kill 26 in Niger car bomb attacks
Bombers detonated 2 bombs, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated min...
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| Mar.18 |
Deadly blasts at Nigeria bus station
| 2012 |
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| Nov.25 |
Bombs hit Nigeria barracks church
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| Oct.28 |
Suicide attack at Nigeria church
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| Jun.17 |
Explosions hit Nigerian churches
|
| Jun.10 |
8 killed in Nigerian church blast, clashes
|
| Apr.29 |
Deadly attack at Nigerian college
At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at Bayero University campus in Nigeria's northern city of Kano
| 2011 |
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| Dec.25 |
Churches bombed on Christmas Day
Map of Madala Nigeria Nigeria: Bomb blasts struck at least three churches in Nigeria on Sunday as worshippers were attending Christmas Day services
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| Nov.5 |
Nigeria Islamist raid 'kills 63'
A series of bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu has killed at least 63 people
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| Aug.26 |
Blast rocks UN building in Nigerian capital
Map of Abuja Nigeria At least 18 people were killed. 8 people had been injured. Extra security had been ordered in the area around the capital
| 2010 |
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| Dec.31 |
11 killed in Nigeria bomb blast |
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| Dec.24 |
Deadly Christmas Eve bombings |
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| Oct.2 |
Blasts death toll now stands at 12 |
| 2007 |
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| Apr.21 |
Truck bomb attempt on poll HQ |
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| 2012 |
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| Sep.5 |
Ex-Gadhafi spy chief extradited to Libya Mauritania: Mauritania has handed over Libya's former chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi, one the most wanted members of fallen regime back to Li...
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| Aug.24 |
Nine executed in Gambia |
|
| Apr.26 |
Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes 
Netherlands: International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war
| Taylor, 64, was accused of backing rebels who killed tens of thousands of people in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war
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| 2011 |
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| Oct.12 |
'Underpants bomber' admits attack |
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| Oct.11 |
Detroit 'underwear bomber' trial begins
| 2010 |
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| Aug.9 |
Taylor 'gave diamonds to model'. UN Tribunal
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| Aug.5 |
Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift UN Tribunal: Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Ta...
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| Jan.6 |
Nigerian charged over plane bomb plot |
| 2009 |
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| Dec.26 |
Nigerian accused of attacking US plane |
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| Jul.14 |
Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations. UN Tribunal
| 2008 |
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| Jan.10 |
Taylor 'secretly sent arms to rebels' |
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| Jan.8 |
Horror recounted at Taylor trial |
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| Jan.7 |
Taylor war crimes trial resumes. UN Tribunal
| 2007 |
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| Jun.20 |
First S Leone war crimes verdicts |
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| Jun.4 |
Taylor boycotts 'charade' trial |
| 2006 |
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| Jun.20 |
Taylor on way to Hague for trial. UN Tribunal
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| Jun.15 |
UK agrees to jail Charles Taylor |
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| Apr.3 |
Taylor pleads not guilty of war crimes |
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| Apr.3 |
Taylor appears in war crimes case |
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| Mar.29 |
Taylor sent to war crimes court |
| 2004 |
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| Mar.9 |
War crimes tribunal opens |
| 2003 |
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| Dec.4 |
Charles Taylor wanted by Interpol |
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| Nov.7 |
US 'offers Charles Taylor bounty' |
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| Jun.4 |
Arrest warrant for President Taylor |
| 2002 |
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| Aug.19 |
Woman loses stoning death appeal |
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| 2013 |
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| May. 18 |
Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast
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| May.4 |
Clashes kills dozens at Wukari leader's funeral. Nigeria
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| Mar.10 |
Nigeria hostages are feared dead
A Nigerian Islamist militant group Ansaru's claims to have killed seven foreign hostages it seized last month are credible, Western governments...
| 2012 |
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| Oct.2 |
Nigeria probes student killings
Map of Mubi Nigeria Nigeria's authorities are investigating the killings of at least 26 people in an attack on a college hostel in the north-eastern town of Mubi
| 2011 |
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| Jan.8 |
French hostages in Niger killed |
| 2010 |
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| Mar.8 |
Attack on Nigerian town kills hundreds
The death toll violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian...
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| Mar.7 |
Attack on town kills more than 100. Nigeria
| 2009 |
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| Sep.29 |
Massacre toll put at 157
Guinea: Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest
| 2004 |
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| Aug.2 |
U.N. finds mass graves |
| 2000 |
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| Dec.4 |
State of emergency after violence |
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| 2012 |
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| Dec.23 |
Timbuktu mausoleums 'destroyed' |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr.26 |
Boko Haram 'got $3m ransom' to free hostages. Nigeria
|
| Feb.17 |
Foreign workers abducted in Nigeria
Map of Bauchi Nigeria At least six foreign workers have been seized and a security guard shot dead by gunmen who attacked a construction company site in northern Nigeria
|
| Jan.17 |
Americans held hostage in Algeria. Mali
| 2012 |
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| Dec.9 |
Finance minister's mother kidnapped |
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| Mar.8 |
Briton, Italian killed amid rescue
Map of Sokoto Nigeria Nigeria: The suspected killers of Italian and British hostages who had been held in Nigeria have been arrested, an adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan said
| 2010 |
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| Nov.17 |
Miilitary rescue 19 hostages in Niger Delta |
| 2009 |
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| Mar.18 |
1,000 seized in 'witch-hunt' |
| 2007 |
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| Jul.9 |
Girl recovers after kidnap |
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| Jul.8 |
Kidnappers free UK girl |
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| Jul.5 |
'Threat to kill' missing UK girl |
|
| Jul.5 |
Three-year-old seized. Nigeria Delta
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| May.8 |
4 Americans seized |
|
| Feb.8 |
Militants hold more hostages |
|
| Jan.17 |
Militants free Italian |
| 2003 |
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| Aug.18 |
14 European hostages released. Mali
| 2001 |
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| Apr.12 |
Ship with 250 child slaves |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.13 |
Riot stops Senegal football match |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.29 |
Riots kill hundreds |
| 2001 |
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| Oct.14 |
Riots engulf city |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.11 |
Ashanti crown jewels stolen in hotel. Norway
| 2003 |
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| Aug.13 |
Hungry Liberians storm port |
|
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.29 |
Suspect's father met with CIA |
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.23 |
150 reported killed in violence. Nigeria
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| 2012 |
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| Dec.10 |
Mali PM Cheik Mobido Diarra arrested by army
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| Jan.24 |
Nigerians arrest Islamist militant suspects
| 2010 |
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| Dec.27 |
Arrests follow blasts |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr.6 |
Attack targets Nigerian politician
| 2009 |
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| Dec.3 |
Guinea leader survives attack
Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the nation, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy
|
| Mar.2 |
President shot dead
Guinea-Bissau: Renegade soldiers have shot dead Joao Bernardo Vieira as a revenge, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier
| 2007 |
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| Jun.29 |
Rocket fired at PM plane. Ivory Coast
| 2001 |
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| Dec.24 |
Minister shot dead; Troops deployed |
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| 2013 |
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| Jun. 1 |
Central prison attacked by gunmen in Niger's capital
A state security agent says that a group of masked gunmen opened fire at the entrance to the central prison, and fought their way inside the...
| 2012 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Nigeria hit by string of attacks
Map of Adamawa Nigeria| Nigeria has been hit by a fresh wave of violence apparently targeting the country's Christian communities. At least 17 people were killed in Mubi. There were reports of a deadly attack in Adamawa's capital, Yola.
The Islamist Boko Haram group... | |
| 2010 |
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| Jan.8 |
Togo football team bus attacked
Map of Cabinda Angola Angola: A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations. 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others wer... | |
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| 2009 |
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| Aug.17 |
Russia finds missing cargo ship |
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| Aug.14 |
Missing ship 'found' off Africa |
|
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.19 |
Al-Qaeda 'kills French Mali hostage'
|
| Mar.2 |
Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed in Mali'
|
| Mar.1 |
Top al-Qaeda leader 'killed in Mali' Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in northern Mali, Chadian President Idriss Deby has said
| 2012 |
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| Oct.4 |
Al Qaeda threat 'spreading' in northern Africa |
|
| Aug.7 |
19 killed in attack on Nigerian church |
|
| Jan.21 |
Official: Bombings kill 156 in Nigerian city
Map of Kano Nigeria Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed scores of people and wounded others
| A hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites
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| |
| 2011 |
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| Dec.31 |
Nigeria attacks prompt emergency
| 2009 |
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| Dec.26 |
Father alerted US about plane bomber. Nigeria
| 2007 |
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| Dec.25 |
Prosecutors probe 'al-Qaeda link'. Mauritania
| 2006 |
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| Nov.22 |
Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue |
|
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| 2009 |
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| Jul.29 |
Girl's attack sheds light on Liberia rapes |
| 2006 |
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| May.7 |
Liberia sex-for-aid 'widespread' |