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Amazon-style sites flourish in Nigeria
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Libya unrest disrupts oil operations
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Ali Kafi, former Algerian leader, dies at 84
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Attack on Somali court complex leaves 16 dead
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Loyalty slips with the ANC
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- Continued violence in Somali capital scares, slows investors and aid groups trying to help
- Togo: Paramilitary police fire tear gas at opposition demonstrators
- UN chief visits Goma, eastern Congo a day after rockets strike city
- 26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger targeting French mine and barracks
- British official: Suspects in butchering of soldier had been part of previous investigations
- France boosting security at facilities abroad amid shifting terrorist threats
- U.S. missionary doctor suspended after challenging cardinal, nuns
- Opposition in Burkina Faso vow to fight creation of a Senate
- AP PHOTOS: Nigeria mourns and prepares to bury writer Chinua Achebe at his family's rural home
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India’s blue helmets
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Asia / Pacific
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Africa
- Continued violence in Somali capital scares, slows investors and aid groups trying to help
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Middle East
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The Americas
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