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Mali |
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West Africa |
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W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says
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Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown
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Liberia |
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Protesters attack Liberia Ebola unit
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Mali |
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 Guinea |
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Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Gui...
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| Jan. 18 |
Mali |
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Mali says it is free from Ebola |
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| Jan. 17 |
Malawi |
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Malawi: Deadly floods menace tens of thousands Map of Chikwawa Malawi Tens of thousands of people in the southern tip of Malawi have been cut off by floods, leaving them without food, clean water or access to health care
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| Jan. 13 |
Malawi |
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Flooding in Malawi kills 48, leaves thousands displaced
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| Jan. 11 |
Mozambique |
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71 people die after drinking poisoned beer in Mozambique
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Ethiopia |
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Fire damages historic hotel in Ethiopia |
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| Jan. 6 |
Liberia |
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Ebola drug trial starts in Liberia |
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Nigeria Delta |
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Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spill...
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| Jan. 4 |
Kenya |
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Nairobi flights halted after plane crash |
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| Dec.30 |
Guinea |
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First Ebola case linked to bat play |
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| Dec.28 |
West Africa |
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Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in West Africa |
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| Dec.27 |
South Africa |
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1 man drowns, 40 injured, when large wave hits beach |
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| Dec.23 |
West Africa |
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Ebola crisis likely to last a year - WHO chief |
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Congo |
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Congo boat sinks on river, dozens feared dead |
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| Dec.19 |
Morocco |
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9 migrants, including 3 infants, drown off Moroccan coast |
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| Dec.17 |
Sierra Leone |
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Ebola: Sierra Leone begins house-to-house searches |
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| Dec.14 |
Congo |
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129 drown after boat sinks on lake |
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| Dec.11 |
Somalia |
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At least 50 dead after drinking from contaminated well |
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Sierra Leone |
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Ebola dead piled up in hospital |
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| Dec.8 |
Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone tops Ebola cases |
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| Dec.5 |
Libya |
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At least 17 bodies found in migrant ship off Libya |
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| Nov.12 |
Mali |
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Mali reports 2 new Ebola deaths in capital
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| Nov.7 |
Liberia |
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MSF confirms Liberia Ebola decline
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| Oct.29 |
Liberia |
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Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'
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| Oct.28 |
Liberia |
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US hails West Africa Ebola progress
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| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
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 Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 | The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. | |
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| Oct.24 |
Mali |
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'Many exposed' to Mali Ebola girl
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| Oct.23 |
Mali |
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 First Ebola case in Mali confirmed 2-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea
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| Oct.10 |
Liberia |
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Ebola outbreak deaths exceed 4,000
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| Sep.26 |
West Africa |
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W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' | The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says | |
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| Sep.23 |
West Africa |
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CDC: Ebola cases could reach at least 550,000 by January
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| Sep.21 |
Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone lockdown declared 'success'
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| Sep.5 |
Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown Sierra Leone - one of the countries worst hit by West Africa's Ebola outbreak - has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the disease
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| Aug.24 |
Congo |
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DR Congo confirms two Ebola deaths |
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| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
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Protesters attack Liberia Ebola unit A quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in the Liberian capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say
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| Aug.6 |
Liberia |
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Liberia's president declares state of emergency over Ebola President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency in the West African nation amid an Ebola outbreak that shows no signs of s...
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| Jul.24 |
Mali |
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Algeria passenger plane wreckage found in Mali |
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Mali |
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Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali Map of Gossi Mali| An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has apparently crashed in Mali. Flight AH 5017, chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair, was carrying 110 passenge... | |
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Guinea |
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Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' Map of southern Guinea Guinea| The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Guinea | |
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| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
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11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia
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| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
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SA miners freed from collapsed pit
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| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
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Algeria plane crash 'kills scores' An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board
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| Feb.6 |
Sicily |
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More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast |
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| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
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Bodies found in South Africa mine
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| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
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Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
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40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse
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| Oct.30 |
Niger |
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Bodies of migrants found in Niger
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport Map of Nairobi Kenya The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
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| Feb.26 |
 Egypt |
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Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Map of Luxor Egypt Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters
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| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
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Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede
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| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
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Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children |
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| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
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Shop building collapses in Ghana |
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| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
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Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
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| Mar.4 |
Congo |
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Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60 |
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| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
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Dozens die in pipeline fire |
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
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Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
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| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
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Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
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| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
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Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
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| Jul.19 |
 Somalia |
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UN to declare famine in Somalia The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century
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| Sep.24 |
Nigeria |
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Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
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| Aug.29 |
Niger |
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Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
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| Jul.3 |
Congo |
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
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| May.12 |
Libya |
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Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor Map of Tripoli Libya| 92 passengers and 11 crew members were killed. An 8-year-old boy who is a Dutch citizen is the sole survivor of a deadly Afriqiyah Airways crash. Ruben van Assouw, suffered multiple fractures in his lower lim... | |
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| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
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Minaret collapse kills 41 A 400-year-old minaret in Bab Berdieyinn mosque collapsed on worshipers, killing 36 and injuring 71 in the middle of prayers
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
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600,000 hit by flooding
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| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
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Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
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| Jun.29 |
 Comoros |
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 Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
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Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
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| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
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PM's wife killed in car crash
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| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
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 Cholera deaths near 500 More than 11,700 cases of cholera have been recorded since August
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| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
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28 dead as fire engulfs plane |
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| Apr.16 |
Congo |
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Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
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| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
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3,200 workers trapped in gold mine |
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa
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| May.5 |
Cameroon |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
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| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
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Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
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| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
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Sultan among crash dead |
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
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Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 |
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
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Deadly bird flu found |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
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Hopes dim for ferry missing |
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Egypt |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
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| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
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Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed |
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| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
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No survivors in crash |
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| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
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Jet has crashed after takeoff |
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| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
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VP Garang 'dies in crash' |
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| Jul.18 |
Niger |
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Children starving to death |
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| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
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Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
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| Oct.17 |
 Darfur |
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Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
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| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
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Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
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| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
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Quake kills 600 |
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| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
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Airliner crashes into Red Sea |
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| May.21 |
Algeria |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction
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| May.9 |
Congo |
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Passengers sucked out of plane |
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| Mar.6 |
Algeria |
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Plane crashes, killing 102 |
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| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
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| May.28 |
Libya |
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Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
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Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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| Jan.19 |
Congo |
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Half of the city has been burned |
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| Jan.18 |
Congo |
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Volcano kills 45 people |
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| Nov.10 |
Algeria |
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Hundreds dead in floods |
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| May.9 |
Ghana |
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125 killed in soccer crush |
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| Apr.11 |
South Africa |
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43 die in soccer stampede |
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| Feb.25 |
Mozambique |
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80,000 at risk from floods |
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| Mar.14 |
Mozambique |
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Floods move deadly mines |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan. 11 |
Ethiopia |
Fire damages historic hotel in Ethiopia |
| 2013 |
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
Major fire closes Nairobi airport Map of Nairobi Kenya The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
| 2011 |
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| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
Dozens die in pipeline fire |
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| 2004 |
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| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
Quake kills 600 |
| 2003 |
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| May.21 |
Algeria |
More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction
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| 2012 |
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| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children |
| 2009 |
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| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
PM's wife killed in car crash
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| 2015 |
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| Mon. |
Liberia |
Liberia: Only 5 people being treated for Ebola in country
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| Jan. 18 |
Mali |
Mali says it is free from Ebola |
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| Jan. 6 |
Liberia |
Ebola drug trial starts in Liberia |
| 2014 |
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| Dec.30 |
Guinea |
First Ebola case linked to bat play |
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| Dec.28 |
West Africa |
Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in West Africa |
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| Dec.23 |
West Africa |
Ebola crisis likely to last a year - WHO chief |
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| Dec.17 |
Sierra Leone |
Ebola: Sierra Leone begins house-to-house searches |
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| Dec.11 |
Sierra Leone |
Ebola dead piled up in hospital |
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| Dec.8 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone tops Ebola cases |
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| Nov.12 |
Mali |
Mali reports 2 new Ebola deaths in capital
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| Nov.7 |
Liberia |
MSF confirms Liberia Ebola decline
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| Oct.29 |
Liberia |
Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'
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| Oct.28 |
Liberia |
US hails West Africa Ebola progress
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| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 | The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. | |
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| Oct.24 |
Mali |
'Many exposed' to Mali Ebola girl
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| Oct.23 |
Mali |
First Ebola case in Mali confirmed 2-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea
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| Oct.10 |
Liberia |
Ebola outbreak deaths exceed 4,000
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| Sep.26 |
West Africa |
W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' | The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says | |
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| Sep.23 |
West Africa |
CDC: Ebola cases could reach at least 550,000 by January
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| Sep.21 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone lockdown declared 'success'
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| Sep.5 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown Sierra Leone - one of the countries worst hit by West Africa's Ebola outbreak - has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the disease
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| Aug.24 |
Congo |
DR Congo confirms two Ebola deaths |
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| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
Protesters attack Liberia Ebola unit A quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in the Liberian capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say
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| Aug.6 |
Liberia |
Liberia's president declares state of emergency over Ebola President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency in the West African nation amid an Ebola outbreak that shows no signs of s...
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| Mar.22 |
Guinea |
Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' Map of southern Guinea Guinea| The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Guinea | |
| 2008 |
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| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths near 500 More than 11,700 cases of cholera have been recorded since August
| 2006 |
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
Deadly bird flu found |
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| 2014 |
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| Dec.27 |
South Africa |
1 man drowns, 40 injured, when large wave hits beach |
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| Dec.23 |
Congo |
Congo boat sinks on river, dozens feared dead |
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| Dec.19 |
Morocco |
9 migrants, including 3 infants, drown off Moroccan coast |
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| Dec.14 |
Congo |
129 drown after boat sinks on lake |
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| Dec.5 |
Libya |
At least 17 bodies found in migrant ship off Libya |
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| Feb.6 |
Sicily |
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast |
| 2011 |
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
| 2009 |
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
| 2004 |
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| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
| 2002 |
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| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
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| 2002 |
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| Jan.19 |
Congo |
Half of the city has been burned |
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| Jan.18 |
Congo |
Volcano kills 45 people |
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| 2014 |
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| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
SA miners freed from collapsed pit
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| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
Bodies found in South Africa mine
| 2007 |
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| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan. 17 |
Malawi |
Malawi: Deadly floods menace tens of thousands Map of Chikwawa Malawi Tens of thousands of people in the southern tip of Malawi have been cut off by floods, leaving them without food, clean water or access to health care
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| Jan. 13 |
Malawi |
Flooding in Malawi kills 48, leaves thousands displaced
| 2010 |
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| Sep.24 |
Nigeria |
Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
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| Aug.29 |
Niger |
Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
| 2009 |
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
600,000 hit by flooding
| 2007 |
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa
| 2001 |
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| Nov.10 |
Algeria |
Hundreds dead in floods |
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| Feb.25 |
Mozambique |
80,000 at risk from floods |
| 2000 |
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| Mar.14 |
Mozambique |
Floods move deadly mines |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede
| 2001 |
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| May.9 |
Ghana |
125 killed in soccer crush |
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| Apr.11 |
South Africa |
43 die in soccer stampede |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan. 4 |
Kenya |
Nairobi flights halted after plane crash |
| 2014 |
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| Jul.24 |
Mali |
Algeria passenger plane wreckage found in Mali |
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| Jul.24 |
Mali |
Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali Map of Gossi Mali| An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has apparently crashed in Mali. Flight AH 5017, chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair, was carrying 110 passenge... | |
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| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia
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| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
Algeria plane crash 'kills scores' An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board
| 2013 |
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| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck
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| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Map of Luxor Egypt Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters
| 2012 |
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| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
| 2010 |
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| May.12 |
Libya |
Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor Map of Tripoli Libya| 92 passengers and 11 crew members were killed. An 8-year-old boy who is a Dutch citizen is the sole survivor of a deadly Afriqiyah Airways crash. Ruben van Assouw, suffered multiple fractures in his lower lim... | |
| 2009 |
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| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
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| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
| 2008 |
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| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
28 dead as fire engulfs plane |
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| Apr.16 |
Congo |
Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
| 2007 |
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| May.5 |
Cameroon |
Jet with 100 aboard crashes
| 2006 |
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| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
Sultan among crash dead |
| 2005 |
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| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed |
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| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
No survivors in crash |
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| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
Jet has crashed after takeoff |
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| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
VP Garang 'dies in crash' |
| 2004 |
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| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
Airliner crashes into Red Sea |
| 2003 |
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| May.9 |
Congo |
Passengers sucked out of plane |
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| Mar.6 |
Algeria |
Plane crashes, killing 102 |
| 2002 |
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| May.28 |
Libya |
Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan. 6 |
Nigeria Delta |
Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spill...
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| 2011 |
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| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
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| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
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| Jul.19 |
Somalia |
UN to declare famine in Somalia The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century
| 2005 |
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| Jul.18 |
Niger |
Children starving to death |
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| 2013 |
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse
| 2012 |
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| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
Shop building collapses in Ghana |
| 2010 |
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| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
Minaret collapse kills 41 A 400-year-old minaret in Bab Berdieyinn mosque collapsed on worshipers, killing 36 and injuring 71 in the middle of prayers
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| 2004 |
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| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
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| Oct.17 |
Darfur |
Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan. 11 |
Mozambique |
71 people die after drinking poisoned beer in Mozambique
| 2014 |
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| Dec.11 |
Somalia |
At least 50 dead after drinking from contaminated well |
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| 2013 |
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| Oct.30 |
Niger |
Bodies of migrants found in Niger
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| 2012 |
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| Mar.4 |
Congo |
Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60 |
| 2010 |
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| Jul.3 |
Congo |
Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
| 2006 |
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 |
| 2002 |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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