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| Apr.13 |
Damascus |
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US and allies launch strikes on Syria chemical weapons sites
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| Apr.11 |
Algeria |
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Algeria military plane crash: 257 dead near Algiers
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| Mar.10 |
Damascus |
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Eastern Ghouta: Syrian army splits enclave in three |
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| Feb.19 |
 Damascus |
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Dozens of civilians killed in Eastern Ghouta strikes 
Map of Eastern Ghouta Damascus Syria| Bombardments by Syrian government forces have killed dozens of civilians in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, activists say | |
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| Feb.14 |
 South Africa |
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Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party | President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a TV statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect | |
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| Dec.18 |
Johannesburg |
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ANC picks Cyril Ramaphosa as leader
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| Nov.21 |
 Zimbabwe |
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Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era Map of Harare Zimbabwe| He held power for 37 years and once said 'only God' could remove him. Mugabe ruled by fear and brought a once-promising economy to near ruin | |
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| Nov.15 |
Zimbabwe |
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Army seizes power from Mugabe
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| Oct.15 |
Somalia |
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At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast
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| Aug.15 |
 Sierra Leone |
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At least 600 still missing in Freetown mudslide At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital
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| Aug.11 |
Kenya |
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Uhuru Kenyatta defeats Raila Odinga |
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| Jul.9 |
 Mosul |
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Mosul: Iraq PM celebrates victory over IS in the city | Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their victory over IS in the city. He was there to announce the city's full liberation | |
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| May.26 |
Sicily |
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G7 summit agrees on countering terrorism but not climate change |
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Egypt |
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Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack |
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| May.6 |
Northern Nigeria |
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83 Chibok girls have been released |
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| Apr.9 |
Egypt |
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State of emergency after deadly Coptic church attacks |
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| Mar.12 |
Ethiopia |
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Ethiopia rubbish landslide kills 48 in Addis Ababa |
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| Jan.21 |
Gambia |
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Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves Gambia |
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| Dec.22 |
Aleppo |
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Aleppo 'back under government control'
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| Dec.14 |
Aleppo |
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Aleppo battle: Evacuation agreement 'back on' |
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| Dec.9 |
Gambia |
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Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh rejects election result |
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| Nov.1 |
Mosul |
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Mosul battle: Iraqi special forces 'break front line' |
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| Oct.17 |
Mosul |
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Liberation of Mosul Begins
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| Jun.15 |
Egypt |
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EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found in Mediterranean |
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| May.29 |
 Libya |
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European migrant crisis: Shipwrecks 'kill up to 700 migrants' Map of Mediterranean Sea Libya| Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says | |
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| May.18 |
Nigeria |
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Chibok girls: Kidnapped schoolgirl found in Nigeria |
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| May.12 |
Damascus |
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Top Hezbollah commander Badreddine killed |
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| Apr.30 |
Kenya |
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Elephant summit: Kenya sets fire to huge ivory stockpile
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| Mar.13 |
Ivory Coast |
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Ivory Coast: Shooting at Grand Bassam beach resort |
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| Aug.6 |
Egypt |
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Egypt launches Suez Canal expansion
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| Jul.29 |
Southern Africa |
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MH370 search: Experts investigate Indian Ocean wreckage Malaysia has sent a team to the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH37...
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| Jun.26 |
 Tunisia |
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Tunisia attack on Sousse beach 'kills 39' At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials...
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| May.13 |
Burundi |
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Burundi coup bid: President Nkurunziza's return 'thwarted' |
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| Apr.14 |
Libya |
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Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya Map of Mediterranean sea Libya About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized, survivors have told Save the Children. The Italian coast guard had rescued 144
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| Apr.2 |
 Kenya |
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Garissa University assault 'killed 147' The number of people killed by al-Shabab militants in an attack on a university in north-eastern Kenya has risen to 147. Some 587 students e...
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| Mar.18 |
Tunisia |
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Tunis museum attack: 19 people killed Tunisia's president has vowed to fight terrorism 'without mercy', following a gun attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis that killed...
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| Feb.15 |
Eastern Libya |
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Egyptian Christians held in Libya 'killed' |
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| Jan.12 |
Northern Nigeria |
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Boko Haram's 'deadliest massacre' reportedly kills 2,000 |
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| Oct.31 |
Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso president relinquishes 27-year rule after protests |
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| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
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Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 |
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| Oct.21 |
South Africa |
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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to maximum of five years in prison A judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter to a maximum of 5 years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend last F...
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| Sep.26 |
West Africa |
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W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' |
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| Sep.12 |
South Africa |
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Judge finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide |
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| Sep.1 |
Somalia |
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U.S. military conducts operation in Somalia |
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| Jul.24 |
Mali |
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Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali
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| Jun.17 |
Libya |
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U.S. captures key Benghazi suspect in raid |
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| Jun.10 |
Mosul |
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ISIS seizes city of Mosul Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul
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| Apr.15 |
 Northern Nigeria |
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'Mass abduction' at Nigeria school Map of Chibok Borno Nigeria Around 100 girls are thought to have been abducted in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria, officials say
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| Mar.22 |
 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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| Dec.23 |
Southern Sudan |
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'Mass ethnic killings' in South Sudan |
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| Dec.17 |
Southern Sudan |
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South Sudan clashes 'kill 400-500'
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| Dec.6 |
CAR |
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'Hundreds dead' in CAR violence |
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| Dec.5 |
Johannesburg |
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95
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| Nov.4 |
Congo |
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DR Congo claims defeat of M23 rebels |
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| Oct.9 |
Libya |
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Libyan PM Zeidan seized by armed men |
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| Oct.5 |
Libya |
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US forces seize Al Qaeda leader behind 1998 embassy bombings |
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| Sep.21 |
Kenya |
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Gun battle at Kenya shopping center
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| Aug.21 |
Damascus |
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Syrian rebels allege chemical attack Opposition groups claimed that hundreds were killed when the government used chemical agents in rebel strongholds in the Damascus countryside
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport |
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| Jul.26 |
Egypt |
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Huge rival rallies grip Egypt |
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| Mar.24 |
CAR |
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CAR President Bozize flees capital |
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| Mar.9 |
Kenya |
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Kenyatta wins Kenyan presidency |
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| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
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Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt |
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| Feb.14 |
South Africa |
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Pistorius charged with killing girlfriend
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| Jan.28 |
Mali |
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French-led troops secure hold on Timbuktu
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| Jan.26 |
Egypt |
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Fans verdicts spark Egypt unrest |
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| Jan.19 |
 Algeria |
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Algeria siege ends in bloodshed Algerian troops have ended a siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed seven hostages
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| Jan.14 |
Mali |
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Islamist rebels gaining ground in Mali |
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| Dec.25 |
Egypt |
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Voters back Egyptian constitution |
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| Nov.22 |
Egypt |
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Egypt president takes new powers |
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| Nov.18 |
Congo |
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DR Congo rebels advance on Goma |
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| Sep.12 |
Eastern Libya |
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Attack kills U.S. ambassador to Libya Obama strongly condemned Wednesday the killing of J. Christopher Stevens, Washington's ambassador to Libya, in a mob attack at a U.S. Consul...
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| Aug.17 |
South Africa |
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S African mining clash killed 34 |
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| Jul.28 |
Aleppo |
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Syrian forces hammer Aleppo
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| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
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Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building |
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| Apr.17 |
Southern Sudan |
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Sudans 'locked in logic of war' |
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| Mar.22 |
Mali |
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Renegade soldiers declare coup in Mali |
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| Mar.17 |
Egypt |
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Egypt Coptic Christian Pope dies
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| Feb.1 |
Egypt |
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Dozens killed in Egypt stadium clashes
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| Jan.21 |
Northern Nigeria |
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Official: Bombings kill 156 in Nigerian city |
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| Jan.6 |
Northern Nigeria |
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Nigeria hit by string of attacks |
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| Oct.27 |
Tunisia |
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Islamists win Tunisia's elections |
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| Oct.23 |
Eastern Libya |
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Libya's new leaders declare liberation |
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| Oct.20 |
Libya |
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Libya interim leader: Gadhafi dead Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said
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| Sep.9 |
Egypt |
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Protesters break into Israeli embassy |
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| Aug.21 |
Libya |
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Rebels move into central Tripoli
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| Jul.28 |
Eastern Libya |
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Top Libyan rebel commander killed |
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| Jul.19 |
Somalia |
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UN to declare famine in Somalia |
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| Jul.9 |
 Southern Sudan |
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South Sudan raises national flag Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have watched the raising of the new country's flag at an independence ceremony in the capital
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| Apr.24 |
Libya |
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Nato strike hits Gaddafi compound |
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| Apr.11 |
Ivory Coast |
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Laurent Gbagbo captured
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| Mar.27 |
Libya |
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Libyan rebels sweeping westwards |
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| Mar.19 |
Libya |
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Coalition launches Libya attacks The UK, the US and France have begun attacking Libya as enforcement of the UN-mandated no-fly zone gets under way
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| Mar.18 |
Eastern Libya |
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Fighting reported near Benghazi |
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| Mar.4 |
Eastern Libya |
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Libyan rebels locked in battles |
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| Feb.21 |
Egypt |
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Two Iranian warships 'enter Suez Canal' |
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| Feb.20 |
Eastern Libya |
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More than 200 killed in Benghazi massacre
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| Jan.30 |
Southern Sudan |
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99% vote to split in Southern Sudan
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| Jan.14 |
Tunisia |
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Tunisian president flees; PM takes reins
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| Jul.11 |
Johannesburg |
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Spain win World Cup in extra time
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| May.12 |
Libya |
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Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor
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| Feb.23 |
Sudan |
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Sudan signs ceasefire with Darfur rebels |
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| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
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Minaret collapse kills 41 |
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| Jan.8 |
Angola |
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Togo football team bus attacked |
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| Aug.20 |
Libya |
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Lockerbie bomber returns to Libya Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, has left Scotland on board a plane bound for Libya after being freed from prison on compassionate grounds
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| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard |
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| Jun.4 |
Egypt |
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Obama speaks of tensions with Muslims |
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| Apr.12 |
Somalia |
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Captain rescued, snipers kill 3 pirates
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| Mar.17 |
Cameroon |
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Pope visits Africa, reaffirms condom ban
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| Sep.25 |
Somalia |
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Pirates seize ship carrying tanks
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| Jan.17 |
Kenya |
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Kenya 'turned into killing field' |
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| Dec.30 |
Kenya |
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Riots erupt after president re-elected |
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| Jul.23 |
Libya |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria |
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| Sep.14 |
Arab Countries |
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Muslims blast pope's Islam speech |
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| Jun.5 |
Somalia |
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Islamists claim Mogadishu victory |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea |
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| Oct.17 |
Darfur |
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Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur |
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| Jul.22 |
Mosul |
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Saddam's sons killed in raid |
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| May.21 |
Algeria |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake |
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| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks |
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