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‘They don’t want to fight terrorism’: France to end military presence in Niger after coup
President Emmanuel Macron also announced that France will pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup.
- by Angela Charlton
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Landmark office tower burns in Sudan’s capital turned into urban war zone
The headquarters of the oil company and buildings of government agencies have been destroyed.
Stay put and risk death or cross sea of landmines: aftermath of a horror flood
Thousands of people were killed after two dams collapsed in Libya during a storm, destroying entire blocks of homes as people slept. The crisis is far from over.
- by Ahmed Elumami
Wedding party saves villagers from devastating Morocco earthquake
A video by a guest shows the moment the 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck, with images of celebrations suddenly giving way to chaos, darkness and screaming.
- by Ahmed Eljechtimi
Wall of water ‘erased everything in its way’ in Libya
The flood death toll in the city of Derna has risen to more than 5100, a local health official in eastern Libya says after a torrent smashed through dams and washed away entire suburbs. Some 10,000 people are still missing.
- by Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad
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Earthquakes
Morocco requests international help days after devastating quake
Teams from Spain and Britain joined urgent efforts to find survivors of the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck late on Friday as frustrated residents counted the rising death toll.
- by Sam Metz
Survivors hide in the mountains as Moroccan earthquake death toll passes 2000
Moroccan earthquake survivors huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains in fear of further destruction after the nation’s deadliest quake in more than 60 years.
- by Jihed Abidellaoui
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Fire
Dozens of bodies recovered from building fire in Johannesburg, authorities say
The blaze broke out in the five-storey building when people were asleep, with up to 200 believed to have been inside.
‘People are freaking out’: Ugandan arrested on anti-gay charge punishable by death
In the conservative, mostly Christian country, many religious leaders and politicians have painted same-sex relations as a Western import.
- by Emma Bubola