By Simon Jessop LONDON - Development lender British International Investment said on Monday it had agreed a $100 million finance facility with the...
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the...
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KANO, NIGERIA - Nigeria's army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in northwest Sokoto...
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warns that hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and disease have reached alarming levels in the Democratic Republic...
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