Strange disease threatens Caribbean coral reef
It is highly possible that too much tourism is in fact fueling the problem
37 dead in Burkina Faso attack on Canadian mining buses
60 injured in ambush on buses transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo
Pirates suspected as 9 sailors abducted off Benin
Victims were waiting in the harbour of the port of Cotonou
Attack on Mali military post kills 49 soldiers
It is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali’s military
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