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10-Year-Old Girl Used As Human Bomb In Nigeria Attack
One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday.
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Dreams Turn To Sex Slave Nightmares For Nigeria's Trafficked Women
They arrive in their hundreds every month, their heads full of dreams of new lives in Europe. In reality, many of them are destined for years of sexual slavery.
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Boko Haram Falls Victim To A Food Crisis It Created
After rampaging across the region for years, forcing more than 2 million people to flee their homes and farms, Boko Haram appears to be falling victim to a major food crisis of its own creation.
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Nigeria, Regional Leaders Meet to Discuss New Boko Haram Force
Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari holds talks today with regional leaders on Boko Haram, with hopes a new fighting force will help crush the Islamists after six years of violence.
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Boko Haram Seizes 40 in Northern Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men in a remote village in northeast Nigerian Borno state on New Year's Eve, residents who fled the isolated settlement said on Saturday.
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After Turbulent 2014, Next Year May Be No Calmer
From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent.
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Boko Haram Says Kidnapped Schoolgirls 'Married Off'
Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video obtained by AFP on Friday.
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Highest Number of Newborn Deaths Reported in India Annually: Study
More than seven lakh newborn babies die in India every year, the highest number of such deaths globally, a new study has claimed.
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Five new nations join UN Security Council as members
Five new countries joined the UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members starting from the New Year, while Jordan assumed on Thursday the rotating presidency of the Council for January.
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Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily
The Italian navy has rescued 233 mostly African migrants from a 10 metre (yard) boat in Mediterranean waters south of Sicily.
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Send books not guns, Malala Yousafzai pleads at UN
With a maturity and poise that belied her tender years, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education stood by world leaders on Wednesday and called for books not guns.
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10-Year-Old Girl Used As Human Bomb In Nigeria Attack
One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday.
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Dreams Turn To Sex Slave Nightmares For Nigeria's Trafficked Women
They arrive in their hundreds every month, their heads full of dreams of new lives in Europe. In reality, many of them are destined for years of sexual slavery.
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Boko Haram Falls Victim To A Food Crisis It Created
After rampaging across the region for years, forcing more than 2 million people to flee their homes and farms, Boko Haram appears to be falling victim to a major food crisis of its own creation.
-
Nigeria, Regional Leaders Meet to Discuss New Boko Haram Force
Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari holds talks today with regional leaders on Boko Haram, with hopes a new fighting force will help crush the Islamists after six years of violence.
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Boko Haram Seizes 40 in Northern Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men in a remote village in northeast Nigerian Borno state on New Year's Eve, residents who fled the isolated settlement said on Saturday.
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After Turbulent 2014, Next Year May Be No Calmer
From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent.
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Boko Haram Says Kidnapped Schoolgirls 'Married Off'
Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video obtained by AFP on Friday.
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Highest Number of Newborn Deaths Reported in India Annually: Study
More than seven lakh newborn babies die in India every year, the highest number of such deaths globally, a new study has claimed.
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Five new nations join UN Security Council as members
Five new countries joined the UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members starting from the New Year, while Jordan assumed on Thursday the rotating presidency of the Council for January.
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Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily
The Italian navy has rescued 233 mostly African migrants from a 10 metre (yard) boat in Mediterranean waters south of Sicily.
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Send books not guns, Malala Yousafzai pleads at UN
With a maturity and poise that belied her tender years, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education stood by world leaders on Wednesday and called for books not guns.
