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Nigeria: At Least 27 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Niger River
A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country's busy waterways.
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Dozens Feared Dead As Boat Capsizes In Nigeria
Dozens of people were feared dead after a boat capsized on the Niger River in central Nigeria, a waterways agency spokesperson said on Friday.
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64 Killed In Terrorist Attacks On Passenger Boat, Army Base In Mali
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.
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More Than 150 Feared Drowned In Nigeria Boat Accident
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said.
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Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Sue Shell In UK Over Pollution
Britain's High Court will begin hearing lawsuits filed by a group of Nigerian farmers and fisherman alleging that decades of oil spills have fouled the water of the Niger River Delta, where a Shell subsidiary has operated since the 1950s.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 4, Wound 2 in Niger Attack: Report
Militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram killed eight people in an attack on a village in the southeast of Niger, a private local radio station, ANFANI, said today.
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18 Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Southeast Niger
Eighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an attack in the dead of night by Nigeria's Boko Haram fighters on a southeastern village, local authorities told AFP today.
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At Least 19 Killed as Canoe Capsizes in Mali: Officials
Nineteen people died when a big canoe capsized in central Mali, local authorities said Thursday, in the second major river accident in the poor west African nation in four months.
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Nigeria on Alert for Massive Flooding
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring Cameroon announced plans to release water from a dam.
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Militants Attack UN as Mali Hunts Nightclub Killers
A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.
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43 dead, dozens missing after Mali boat sinking
Mahmoudou Ibrahim combed the waters frantically for his family after they and hundreds of other passengers were catapulted into the Niger River when their boat capsized.
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Boat sinks on Mali river; 20 dead, dozens missing
An overladen boat carrying hundreds of passengers along the Niger River in central Mali capsized at night, and nearly 200 people were missing the following day, the mayor of a nearby town said on Saturday.
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42 people killed after ferry capsizes in Nigeria, says official
An emergency official in Nigeria says at least 42 people drowned and rescuers are searching for about 200 missing victims from a ferry that broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River.
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Explosion in Gao, northern Mali, hours after gunbattle
An explosion shook the largest city in northern Mali early on Monday, hours after Islamist gunmen battled French and Malian troops following two straight days of suicide bombings.
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Nigeria: At Least 27 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Niger River
A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country's busy waterways.
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Dozens Feared Dead As Boat Capsizes In Nigeria
Dozens of people were feared dead after a boat capsized on the Niger River in central Nigeria, a waterways agency spokesperson said on Friday.
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64 Killed In Terrorist Attacks On Passenger Boat, Army Base In Mali
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.
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More Than 150 Feared Drowned In Nigeria Boat Accident
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said.
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Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Sue Shell In UK Over Pollution
Britain's High Court will begin hearing lawsuits filed by a group of Nigerian farmers and fisherman alleging that decades of oil spills have fouled the water of the Niger River Delta, where a Shell subsidiary has operated since the 1950s.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 4, Wound 2 in Niger Attack: Report
Militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram killed eight people in an attack on a village in the southeast of Niger, a private local radio station, ANFANI, said today.
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18 Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Southeast Niger
Eighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an attack in the dead of night by Nigeria's Boko Haram fighters on a southeastern village, local authorities told AFP today.
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At Least 19 Killed as Canoe Capsizes in Mali: Officials
Nineteen people died when a big canoe capsized in central Mali, local authorities said Thursday, in the second major river accident in the poor west African nation in four months.
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Nigeria on Alert for Massive Flooding
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring Cameroon announced plans to release water from a dam.
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Militants Attack UN as Mali Hunts Nightclub Killers
A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.
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43 dead, dozens missing after Mali boat sinking
Mahmoudou Ibrahim combed the waters frantically for his family after they and hundreds of other passengers were catapulted into the Niger River when their boat capsized.
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Boat sinks on Mali river; 20 dead, dozens missing
An overladen boat carrying hundreds of passengers along the Niger River in central Mali capsized at night, and nearly 200 people were missing the following day, the mayor of a nearby town said on Saturday.
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42 people killed after ferry capsizes in Nigeria, says official
An emergency official in Nigeria says at least 42 people drowned and rescuers are searching for about 200 missing victims from a ferry that broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River.
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Explosion in Gao, northern Mali, hours after gunbattle
An explosion shook the largest city in northern Mali early on Monday, hours after Islamist gunmen battled French and Malian troops following two straight days of suicide bombings.
