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100 killed in pipeline fire. Nigeria
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At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire. Nigeria
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| May.15 |
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100 killed in pipeline fire  Nigeria: Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others
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| Jan.12 |
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At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast. Nigeria
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| Dec.26 |
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At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Nigeria: A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded in flames, near city of Lagos as they tried to scoop fuel from the gushing leak
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| Nov.6 |
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Migrants toss dozens of dead overboard. Mauritania
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| Oct.10 |
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Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a form of polio. 69 children in the north have caught the disease from others who had already been im...
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| Sep.20 |
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African floods prompt aid appeal Aid agencies have started appealing for funds to assist people hit by the floods in several countries. Volta River burst its banks
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| Sep.15 |
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Disease alert in flood-hit Africa
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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. Mali
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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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| Jun.3 |
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Air crash kills 20. Sierra Leone
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes
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| Mar.29 |
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At least 60 dead after boat capsizes |
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| Mar.8 |
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Bronx fire leaves 8 children from Mali dead |
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| Feb.12 |
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Hundreds of stranded migrants go ashore |
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| Feb.7 |
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Hundreds in limbo on disabled freighter |
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| Jan.31 |
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Nigeria's first human death from bird flu |
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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 for 12 hours after the blast. Many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition
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| Dec.19 |
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Migrants' ordeal: Hallucinations, big waves |
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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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| Nov.30 |
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HIV afflicting workforce |
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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. The jetliner was still on fire at the edge of the runway hours after i... | |
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| Sep.30 |
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Dam collapse floods town. Nigeria
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Plane lost over Amazon
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| Sep.18 |
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10 generals among 12 killed in plane crash |
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| Jul.26 |
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Presidential palace burns |
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| Jul.19 |
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Building collapse kills 11 |
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| May.12 |
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Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 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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Cruise ship repels pirates
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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 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. Niger
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| Jul.20 |
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World 'ignores' Niger food crisis. UN
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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. Nigeria
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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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Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur
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| Jul.31 |
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Polio campaign restarted. Nigeria
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| Jun.29 |
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24 dead in UN helicopter crash. Sierra Leone
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| Dec.26 |
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111 killed in plane crash. Benin
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| Oct.12 |
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150 feared missing as ferry sinks. Nigeria
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| Aug.9 |
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Fears over port city. Liberia
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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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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake
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| Feb.2 |
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'Many dead' in Lagos blast Nigeria: A massive explosion levelled an apartment building. Nearby bank had been destroyed and was being looted
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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: 200 students and staff from the International Christian Academy, escorted by French troops, arrived in the country's capital
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| May.4 |
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Aircraft with 75 people crashed Nigeria: An aircraft has crashed into buildings in Kano in northern Nigeria, as it approached the airport
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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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Concorde crash kills 113
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| 2008 |
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| May.15 |
100 killed in pipeline fire Nigeria: Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others
| 2007 |
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| Dec.26 |
At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Nigeria: A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded in flames, near city of Lagos as they tried to scoop fuel from the gushing leak
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| Mar.8 |
Bronx fire leaves 8 children from Mali dead |
| 2006 |
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| Jul.26 |
Presidential palace burns |
| 2004 |
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| Dec.23 |
'20 die' in fuel blaze. Nigeria
| 2002 |
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| Jan.27 |
Army dump blast rocks Lagos |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.12 |
At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast. Nigeria
| 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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| 2007 |
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| Oct.10 |
Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a form of polio. 69 children in the north have caught the disease from others who had already been im...
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| Sep.15 |
Disease alert in flood-hit Africa
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| Jan.31 |
Nigeria's first human death from bird flu |
| 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. Nigeria
| 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. Mauritania
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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
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| Mar.29 |
At least 60 dead after boat capsizes |
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| Feb.12 |
Hundreds of stranded migrants go ashore |
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| Feb.7 |
Hundreds in limbo on disabled freighter |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.19 |
Migrants' ordeal: Hallucinations, big waves |
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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. Nigeria
| 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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| 2006 |
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| Nov.30 |
HIV afflicting workforce |
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| 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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| 2007 |
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| Sep.20 |
African floods prompt aid appeal Aid agencies have started appealing for funds to assist people hit by the floods in several countries. Volta River burst its banks
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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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| 2007 |
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| Jun.3 |
Air crash kills 20. Sierra Leone
| 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. The jetliner was still on fire at the edge of the runway hours after i... | |
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| Sep.18 |
10 generals among 12 killed in plane crash |
| 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 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. Sierra Leone
| 2003 |
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| Dec.26 |
111 killed in plane crash. Benin
| 2002 |
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| May.4 |
Aircraft with 75 people crashed Nigeria: An aircraft has crashed into buildings in Kano in northern Nigeria, as it approached the airport
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| 2006 |
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| Jul.19 |
Building collapse kills 11 |
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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. UN
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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. Niger
| 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: 200 students and staff from the International Christian Academy, escorted by French troops, arrived in the country's capital
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.31 |
10 die as their vehicle hits land mine. Mali
| 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 for 12 hours after the blast. Many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition
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| May.12 |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 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: A massive explosion levelled an apartment building. Nearby bank had been destroyed and was being looted
| 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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