Archive for July 27th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA - A Nigerian court has granted the government permission to label a local Shiite Muslim group a terrorist organization, the solicitor general told Reuters on Saturday. Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have been marching i...
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July 27, 2019 Web Desk
Culture
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OUAGADOUGOU - Armed men described as jihadists raided a village in Burkina Faso's restive north, killing 15 people, plundering and burning shops and motorbikes, a regional governor said Saturday.The raid took place on the night of Thursday to Friday w...
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July 27, 2019 Web Desk
General
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MAKINDYE-LUKULI, UGANDA � The darkening clouds are ominous for many in this urban neighborhood, promising rushing rainwaters stinking of human waste from overflowing septic tanks. As Africa faces a population boom unmatched anywhere else in the world...
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July 27, 2019 Web Desk
Literacy
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KHARTOUM - The head of a Sudanese investigative committee said on Saturday that 87 people were killed and 168 wounded on June 3 when a sit-in protest was violently broken up by security forces.Fath al-Rahman Saeed, the head of the committee, said 17 of...
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July 27, 2019 Web Desk
Industry
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