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Equatorial Guinea, sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, will hold legislative and municipal elections on May 26, according to the government’s website.
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Nigeria will release suspects held in connection with activities by the Boko Haram Islamist group in phases, starting with women and children, President Goodluck Jonathan’s office said.
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So many red lines, so little time.
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Forces loyal to President Bashar al- Assad swept into a coastal village, killing dozens of people, Syrian opposition groups said.
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A gold mine collapse in Sudan’s western region of Darfur killed at least 60 people and left potentially dozens more trapped in a shaft 40 meters (130 feet) deep, a local commissioner said.
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Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission is investigating the clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeastern town of Baga which may have killed 185 civilians.
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Fighting in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga left 2,275 buildings destroyed, according to satellite images compiled by Human Rights Watch, as the military disputed death toll figures from local officials.
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Watched over by armed elite police, Imran Khan told thousands of flag-waving supporters in the town of Okara in Pakistan that together they would end the rule of parties that had pushed the nation to the brink of ruin.
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Nigerian authorities said they will investigate whether the military complied with the rules of engagement in a clash with Islamist militants that a local official said left 185 people dead, mostly civilians.
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A bomb attack at an election rally killed at least nine people in Pakistan yesterday, as violence against political activists escalated ahead of the country’s parliamentary ballot next month.
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