Two men attacked a man believed to be a British soldier in London.

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on Wednesday described the attack on a man near a military barracks in Woolwich, South East London which resulted in his death, …

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The shortage is blamed on price and foreign currency controls by government.

Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a prolonged shortage that sent consumers scramble to stock …

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The Rebels have denied that the army has retaken the town.

South Sudan’s army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said on Monday, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands …

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The police said they will investigate the cisis.

The Ghanaian Police said in Accra on Monday that it will investigate the cause of the stampede and death in the Ghana branch of the Synagogue Church of all Nations.

The …

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 The summit is scheduled to hold from May 19 to May 27 in Addis Ababa.

The African Union Commission, AUC, said 75 Heads of States and Governments from AU member state are expected to attend the 21st African Union Summit.

The …

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The candidate said this to the visiting Ashanti king.

The presidential candidate of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, said he would accept the verdict of ongoing election petition matter before the country’s Supreme Court.

Mr. …

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Russian aid to Syria

The UN said the figure could be higher.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark.

UNHCR …

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Bay of Bengal

The police confirmed the death toll.

Police have recovered 24 bodies, mostly children, after a ship believed to be carrying Myanmar nationals capsized off the coast of Bangladesh, officials said on Friday.

“We found 18 children aged …

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The Somali crisis is already spilling into Kenya.

The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has requested Nigeria’s help in finding an African solution to the Somali crisis, which he said, had spilled into Kenya.

William Ruto, the Deputy Prime Minister …

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The bomber is suspected to have killed.

A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday killing at least six Afghan civilians, Afghan officials said.

It was not clear if …

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The EU President confirmed the amount raised.

An international donors conference has raised a higher-than-expected three billion Euros (N600 billion) to support Mali’s reconstruction and development.

The European Union President, Herman Van Rompuy, disclosed this on Wednesday in Brussels.

He …

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The UN confirmed the accident.

Boats evacuating hundreds of Rohingya refugees from a coastal town in the violence-hit Rakhine state in western Myanmar sank on Tuesday, with hundreds on board.

A vessel tugging two wooden boats packed with Rohingya “displaced …

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 More than a third of trafficked people detected worldwide between 2003 and 2010n were children.

Top United Nations, UN, officials on Monday urged the UN General Assembly to fully implement key anti-human trafficking treaties and to cooperate more …

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The minister was sacked by the Communist Party.

China’s ruling Communist Party sacked a minister on Tuesday after a leading journalist published an online report alleging corruption and other offences.

The party’s powerful organisation department stripped Liu Tienan of his …

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Ban- Ki-moon, united nations secretary general

Ban Ki-Moon stated this at the UN Security Council programme.

The United Nations, UN, Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday stressed the need to adopt a “holistic approach’’ in dealing with terrorism in Africa.…

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