Gazans survey devastation as truce broken
“Gaza health ministry says death toll from 19 days of Israeli offensive has hit 1,032 as ceasefire broken with mortars.”
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Author: Babatunde Ojetola
US Embassy in Libya evacuates personnel
The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of heavy militia violence raging in the capital, Tripoli,
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Mugabe launches $3m teacher capacitation plan
President Robert Mugabe yesterday launched a US$3 million Teacher Capacity Development Programme aimed at upgrading teachers’ educational qualifications to effectively
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2Face changes Stage name to 2Baba
Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer Innocent ‘2face’ Idibia has announced that he wants to be known as 2baba henceforth.
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Glasgow Commonwealth Games: Nigeria Wins First Gold Medal, Leads African Countries on Medals’ Table
Opeyemi Oladunjoye Nigeria claimed her first Gold medal as the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland when Chika Amalaha won
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Cameroon jails 14 Boko Haram members
A military court in Cameroon has handed down prison sentences of up to 20 years to 14 Boko Haram members,
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85 Syria troops killed in jihadist takeover
At least 85 Syrian soldiers were killed, some of them beheaded, as the jihadist Islamic State took over a base
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‘Disintegrated’ Air Algerie plane found with no survivors; ‘black box’ recovered
(CNN) — French forces who secured the site of a crashed Air Algerie flight in Mali found one flight recorder
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Swaziland High Court jails government critics
“Judge jails editor and rights lawyer for two years over articles critical of government and judiciary to deter others.” Swaziland’s
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Investigators reach Mali plane crash site
Aviation experts, criminal investigators and soldiers have converged on an isolated patch of northern Mali to search for clues that
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