Mali's former prime minister Maiga taken into custody on charges of corruption
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga is under arrest – the latest top politician to be detained by the West African…
Boy, 13, 'dies after being thrown into river over £40 debt as he screamed that he couldn't swim'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTragedy has struck as 13-year-old boy has lost his life after being thrown into a river by an older boy over a…
Punched, spat at, kicked, threatened: nurses face 'abhorrent' levels of abuse as A&E attacks double
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNurses are facing “abhorrent” levels of violence as attacks in A&E wards have almost doubled in the last five years, new figures…
'Intoxicated' Nigerian man who sexually assaulted teenager is spared jail due to his 'troubled background' - as victim tells court he 'ruined her life' and is now scared to walk alone
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Nigerian man who sexually assaulted a young woman next to Bournemouth beach has been spared jail because of his ‘troubled background…
Dozens of migrants who landed on Portuguese beach face deportation within weeks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDozens of migrants who landed on a Portuguese beach are facing deportation within weeks. Read More
Egyptian surgeons successfully remove mobile phone from patient's stomach
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEgyptian surgeons at Hurghada General Hospital have successfully extracted a small mobile phone from a patient’s stomach after the device caused a…
Migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta as officials say enclave ‘overwhelmed’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta early…
Five men charged in court for 2022 church massacre in Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFive men accused of killing 50 worshippers and wounding over 100 others in a terrorist attack on a catholic church in Owo,…
Migrant crisis sees 200 women and children huddled under tarpaulin by Paris town hall
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAround 200 migrants awaiting housing in Francehave spent the past seven days camped outside Paris City Hall. Read More
Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFood banks across Africa have told The Independent that cuts to foreign aid – primarily by Donald Trump in the US, but including the UK…