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Goma petrol station blast kills 50 Congo: Lava flows have ignited a petrol station. People were trying to siphon fuel from the elevated tanks
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Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes Rwanda: At least 30 people have been killed and more than 300 hurt. The 2 most powerful occurred hours apart with magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.0
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Deaths, injuries reported in quake. Congo
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Crash kills 72 soldiers. Uganda
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60 die in bus crash |
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Ebola outbreak kills 10 in Congo 
As of Monday, WHO said, the deaths are among 13 probable and two confirmed Ebola cases reported in Orientale province in eastern Congo
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Ebola outbreak spreads to prisoners Uganda: The hospital at the center of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now dealing with 30 suspected cases, including five from Kibaale prison
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Deadly Ebola virus kills 14 in Uganda The lethal virus has left at least 14 people dead in western Uganda this month, after local reports of a "strange disease" swept through the...
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Sudans conflict leaves 37,000 desperate for water. Southern Sudan
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Cholera running rampant in Cameroon
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Death toll from polio outbreak nears 100. Congo
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Plague outbreak kills 60. Congo
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Footballer Foe died during game. France
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'100 missing' as DR Congo boat capsizes
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Number of missing after boat capsizes |
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80 die in ferry accident Congo: The ferry was laden with people and cargo traveling from western Bandundu province
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Boat sinks; 127 feared drowned Cameroon: A boat carrying 150 passengers sank off the port of Kribi on Atlantic coast
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Boat tragedy 'kills 200'. Congo
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50 feared dead as ferry sinks |
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Volcano survivors risk poisoning |
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Half of the city has been burned Map of Goma. Congo| Congo: Lava edged with black crust inched through the city of Goma. Lava flowed into nearby Lake Kivu | |
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Aid agencies battle volcano disaster |
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Volcano kills 45 people Map of Goma Congo Congo: Red-hot lava began pouring out of Mount Nyiragongo down through the town of Goma
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Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics London: Seven athletes from Cameroon's delegation to the London Olympics have gone missing, the country's head of mission said
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More than 20 killed in Congo mine collapse Map of North Kivu Congo| The government of Congo says more than 20 people have died in a collapse at a bush mine in the region of Masisi in North Kivu province | |
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18 killed, scores missing after landslides. Uganda
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Alarming Africa male gay HIV rate
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Africa Aids orphans 'may top 18m'
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70,000 homeless in flooding. Chad
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Forest elephants decline by 62% in 10 years Forest elephant numbers have decreased by 62% across Central Africa over the last 10 years, according to a study
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Severe loss to great ape habitat Great apes, such as gorillas, chimps and bonobos, are running out of places to live, say scientists
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Booming illegal ivory trade killing African elephants Elephants are being killed at an alarming rate by increasingly efficient and well-armed poachers as international demand soars for the ivory...
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African elephant slaughter highest in decades. Cameroon
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River guide believed killed by crocodile. Congo
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Anthrax kills 82 hippos, 9 buffalo |
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At least 7 killed after plane crashes Map of Goma Congo Congo: A plane crashed Monday evening in the center of Goma, in the eastern part of the DR Congo, killing at least seven of around 30 people on board
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Plane crash in Congo kills at least 90
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U.N. plane crashes in Congo
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All bodies from plane crash found. Congo
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Air crash kills Sudanese minister. Southern Sudan
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Plane crash kills 38; others missing Map of Goma Congo Congo: Rescue workers were still searching for 20 people, a day after a plane crashed into a busy market
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Air crash kills more than 80. Congo
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Plane crash kills 30 Congo: The Russian-made Antonov-26 crashed in a poor, crowded suburb of Kinshasa right after takeoff
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Flight 507 engine failure a focus. Cameroon
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Kenyan airline wreckage found. Cameroon
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes Map of Lolodorf Cameroon Cameroon: Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off
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Plane crashes. Equatorial Guinea
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Passengers sucked out of plane Congo: The doors opened as the pressure system broke down. 129 people are presumed dead
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Church roof collapse kills 27. Uganda
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Violence, hunger plague South Sudan. Southern Sudan
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Dozens die in train crash. Congo
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'Bad wiring' caused Congo blasts
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Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60 
Map of Brazzaville Congo| A series of explosions at an ammunition depot killed 123 people and wounded hundreds more in in Brazzaville, the capital of Africa's Republic of Congo | |
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Mourning declared after tanker blast Congo: The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared two days of mourning for the victims of the oil tanker explosion that killed more than 230 peo...
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Fuel truck victims buried in mass graves Congo: The bodies of some of the scores of people killed in a fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been buried in mass gra...
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion Map of South Kivu Congo Congo: At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded. It was attempting to overtake a bus
| The truck, travelling from Tanzania, overturned in the village of Sange near the eastern border. The fuel spread through the village before exploding
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