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Fire guts parts of market. Ghana
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55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash. Nigeria
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| Sep.20 |
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Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts. Ivory Coast
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 600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
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| Jan.2 |
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Fire guts parts of market  Ghana: Fire, lasted for several hours, has destroyed parts of one of Africa's biggest markets. No casualties have been reported
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| Dec.20 |
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55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash Nigeria: A truck carrying fertilizer crashed into a crowd of people in northern Nigeria
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| Oct.15 |
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Massive lake Chad could dry up
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| Sep.20 |
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Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Ivory Coast: Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| Sep.18 |
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Settlement eyed in toxic waste. Ivory Coast
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| Sep.8 |
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600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
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| Sep.5 |
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350,000 displaced by floods
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| May.18 |
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Elephants suffering in drought. Mali
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| Apr.29 |
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Doctors target meningitis outbreak. Nigeria
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| Mar.29 |
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Stadium stampede kills 22. Ivory Coast
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| Mar.28 |
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Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger
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| Feb.6 |
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Poison in teething drug kills 84 children. Nigeria
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| Jan.28 |
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Hungry caterpillars force emergency. Liberia
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| Jan.18 |
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 French copter crash off Gabon kills 7 Seven French soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed. French Defense Minister Herve Morin arrived in Libreville
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| Dec.18 |
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Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children Nigeria: More than 30 children are thought to have died recently after taking the medicine. The factory's managing director had been charged
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| Nov.15 |
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At least 60 die in bus crash Burkina Faso: In a collision between a passenger bus and a goods lorry the two vehicles caught fire after the crash and many people were trapped inside the...
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| May.15 |
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100 killed in pipeline fire |
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| Jan.12 |
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At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast |
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| Dec.26 |
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At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire. Nigeria
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| Nov.6 |
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Migrants toss dozens of dead overboard |
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| Oct.10 |
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Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria
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| Sep.20 |
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African floods prompt aid appeal
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| Sep.15 |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa  | An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead | |
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| Aug.31 |
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10 die as their vehicle hits land mine |
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| Aug.3 |
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Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing Sierra Leone: 7 bodies had so far been recovered from the sea at the estuary of the Great Scarcies River
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| Dec.26 |
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 | Nigeria: A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline. Extreme heat has prevented rescuers from recovering bodie. The fire burned f... | |
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| Dec.18 |
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Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die Senegal: A fishing boat crowded with more than 100 African migrants was sailing to Canary Islands, drifting for about 10 days
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| Oct.29 |
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Sultan among crash dead Nigeria: Boeing 737, with 104 on board, crashed near the Abuja airport shortly after takeoff and burst into flames
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| Sep.30 |
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Dam collapse floods town. Nigeria
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| May.12 |
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Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Map of Lagos Nigeria Nigeria: Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed
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| Apr.10 |
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120 feared dead as boat capsizes. Ghana
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| Feb.12 |
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Fears bird flu has spread to humans. Nigeria
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| Feb.10 |
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UN urges Nigeria bird flu action
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| Feb.9 |
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Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull
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| Feb.8 |
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 Deadly bird flu found Nigeria: A highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus has been found in poultry stocks, the first case of the disease in Africa
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| Dec.13 |
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2 airlines grounded. Nigeria
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Parents mourn 50 crash children. Nigeria
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| Dec.11 |
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Families seek crash dead. Nigeria
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| Dec.10 |
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Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed Nigeria: A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed
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| Oct.23 |
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No survivors in crash Nigeria: All 117 people aboard a passenger jet are dead, including several high-level Nigerian officials
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Confusion surrounds crash. Nigeria
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| Oct.22 |
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Jet has crashed after takeoff Map of Lagos Nigeria Nigeria: The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos
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| Sep.12 |
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Food aid is 'misdirected'. Niger
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| Aug.9 |
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President denies hunger claims. Niger
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| Aug.3 |
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Lucky few get food. Niger
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| Jul.31 |
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U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid |
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| Jul.30 |
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Aid reaches relief centres |
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| Jul.20 |
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World 'ignores' Niger food crisis |
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| Jul.18 |
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Children starving to death Niger: 3.6m people in Niger face severe food shortages caused by a drought and a plague of locusts
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| Dec.23 |
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'20 die' in fuel blaze |
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| Nov.10 |
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 Foreigners flee Ivory Coast The U.N. and France have begun mass evacuations of U.N. staff and foreign nationals following days of violence
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| Nov.7 |
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France limits Ivory Coast pullout |
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| Jul.31 |
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Polio campaign restarted |
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| Jun.29 |
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24 dead in UN helicopter crash |
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| Dec.26 |
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111 killed in plane crash |
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| Oct.12 |
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150 feared missing as ferry sinks |
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| Aug.9 |
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Fears over port city |
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| Jul.24 |
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Water crisis in Monrovia |
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| Jun.21 |
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105 killed in oil blast Nigeria: An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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| Feb.2 |
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'Many dead' in Lagos blast. Nigeria
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| Sep.29 |
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Disaster ferry 'carried 1,000' |
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| Sep.28 |
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Ferry families demand answers |
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| Sep.27 |
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Rescue ships trying to find survivors |
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks| Senegal: The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm | |
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| Sep.25 |
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U.S. students evacuated. Ivory Coast
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| May.4 |
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Aircraft with 75 people crashed. Nigeria
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| Jan.28 |
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Lagos blasts leave 500 dead| Nigeria: killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump | |
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| Jan.27 |
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Army dump blast rocks Lagos |
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| Aug.26 |
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50 dead in bus crash |
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| May.10 |
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Police blamed for Ghana tragedy |
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| May.9 |
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125 killed in soccer crush Ghana: 70,000 spectators tried to get out of the stadium when police fired tear gas
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| Apr.27 |
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African AIDS summit |
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| Nov.24 |
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60 killed in bus accident |
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| Jan.2 |
Fire guts parts of market Ghana: Fire, lasted for several hours, has destroyed parts of one of Africa's biggest markets. No casualties have been reported
| 2008 |
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| May.15 |
100 killed in pipeline fire |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.26 |
At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire. Nigeria
| 2004 |
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| Dec.23 |
'20 die' in fuel blaze |
| 2002 |
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| Jan.27 |
Army dump blast rocks Lagos |
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.20 |
55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash Nigeria: A truck carrying fertilizer crashed into a crowd of people in northern Nigeria
| 2008 |
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| Nov.15 |
At least 60 die in bus crash Burkina Faso: In a collision between a passenger bus and a goods lorry the two vehicles caught fire after the crash and many people were trapped inside the...
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| Jan.12 |
At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast |
| 2001 |
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| Aug.26 |
50 dead in bus crash |
| 2000 |
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| Nov.24 |
60 killed in bus accident |
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.29 |
Doctors target meningitis outbreak. Nigeria
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| Mar.28 |
Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger
| 2008 |
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| Dec.18 |
Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children Nigeria: More than 30 children are thought to have died recently after taking the medicine. The factory's managing director had been charged
| 2007 |
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| Oct.10 |
Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria
| 2006 |
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| Feb.12 |
Fears bird flu has spread to humans. Nigeria
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| Feb.10 |
UN urges Nigeria bird flu action
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| Feb.9 |
Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull
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| Feb.8 |
Deadly bird flu found Nigeria: A highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus has been found in poultry stocks, the first case of the disease in Africa
| 2004 |
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| Jul.31 |
Polio campaign restarted |
| 2003 |
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| Jul.24 |
Water crisis in Monrovia |
| 2001 |
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| Apr.27 |
African AIDS summit |
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.6 |
Migrants toss dozens of dead overboard |
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| Aug.3 |
Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing Sierra Leone: 7 bodies had so far been recovered from the sea at the estuary of the Great Scarcies River
| 2006 |
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| Dec.18 |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die Senegal: A fishing boat crowded with more than 100 African migrants was sailing to Canary Islands, drifting for about 10 days
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| Apr.10 |
120 feared dead as boat capsizes. Ghana
| 2003 |
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| Oct.12 |
150 feared missing as ferry sinks |
| 2002 |
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| Sep.29 |
Disaster ferry 'carried 1,000' |
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| Sep.28 |
Ferry families demand answers |
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| Sep.27 |
1,800 people died as ferry sinks| Senegal: The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm | |
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| 2003 |
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| Jun.21 |
105 killed in oil blast Nigeria: An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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| 2009 |
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| Oct.15 |
Massive lake Chad could dry up
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| 2009 |
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| Sep.8 |
600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
| So far, 159 people have died
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| Sep.5 |
350,000 displaced by floods
| 2007 |
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| Sep.20 |
African floods prompt aid appeal
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| Sep.15 |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa | An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead | |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.30 |
Dam collapse floods town. Nigeria
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| 2009 |
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| Mar.29 |
Stadium stampede kills 22. Ivory Coast
| 2001 |
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| May.10 |
Police blamed for Ghana tragedy |
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| May.9 |
125 killed in soccer crush Ghana: 70,000 spectators tried to get out of the stadium when police fired tear gas
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| 2009 |
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| May.18 |
Elephants suffering in drought. Mali
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| Jan.28 |
Hungry caterpillars force emergency. Liberia
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.18 |
French copter crash off Gabon kills 7 Seven French soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed. French Defense Minister Herve Morin arrived in Libreville
| 2006 |
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| Oct.29 |
Sultan among crash dead Nigeria: Boeing 737, with 104 on board, crashed near the Abuja airport shortly after takeoff and burst into flames
| 2005 |
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| Dec.13 |
2 airlines grounded. Nigeria
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| Dec.13 |
Parents mourn 50 crash children. Nigeria
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| Dec.11 |
Families seek crash dead. Nigeria
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| Dec.10 |
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed Nigeria: A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed
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| Oct.23 |
No survivors in crash Nigeria: All 117 people aboard a passenger jet are dead, including several high-level Nigerian officials
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| Oct.23 |
Confusion surrounds crash. Nigeria
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| Oct.22 |
Jet has crashed after takeoff Map of Lagos Nigeria Nigeria: The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos
| 2004 |
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| Jun.29 |
24 dead in UN helicopter crash |
| 2003 |
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| Dec.26 |
111 killed in plane crash |
| 2002 |
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| May.4 |
Aircraft with 75 people crashed. Nigeria
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| 2009 |
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| Sep.20 |
Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Ivory Coast: Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| Sep.18 |
Settlement eyed in toxic waste. Ivory Coast
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| 2005 |
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| Sep.12 |
Food aid is 'misdirected'. Niger
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| Aug.9 |
President denies hunger claims. Niger
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| Aug.3 |
Lucky few get food. Niger
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| Jul.31 |
U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid |
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| Jul.20 |
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis |
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| Jul.18 |
Children starving to death Niger: 3.6m people in Niger face severe food shortages caused by a drought and a plague of locusts
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| 2004 |
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| Nov.10 |
Foreigners flee Ivory Coast The U.N. and France have begun mass evacuations of U.N. staff and foreign nationals following days of violence
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| Nov.7 |
France limits Ivory Coast pullout |
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| 2005 |
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| Jul.30 |
Aid reaches relief centres |
| 2002 |
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| Sep.27 |
Rescue ships trying to find survivors |
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| Sep.25 |
U.S. students evacuated. Ivory Coast
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| 2009 |
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| Feb.6 |
Poison in teething drug kills 84 children. Nigeria
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.31 |
10 die as their vehicle hits land mine |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.26 |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 | Nigeria: A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline. Extreme heat has prevented rescuers from recovering bodie. The fire burned f... | |
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| May.12 |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Map of Lagos Nigeria Nigeria: Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed
| 2003 |
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| Feb.2 |
'Many dead' in Lagos blast. Nigeria
| 2002 |
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| Jan.28 |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead| Nigeria: killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump | |
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