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Flooding grips West Africa
- 20 August 2012
- aljazeera
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- Section: Africa
Nigeria:Panic in Benin as Arik plane hovers, aborts landing
- 19 August 2012
- Vanguard
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- Section: Africa
OVER fifty passengers aboard a plane from Lagos to Benin City escaped death, Saturday, when the aircraft failed to land after hovering in the Benin airspace for about 15 minutes.
South Africa Lonmin mine killings: Zuma announces inquiry
- 17 August 2012
- BBC
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- Section: Africa
South African President Jacob Zuma has announced an inquiry into violence at a mine in the north-east of the country, calling the deaths there "tragic".
Fresh bomb explosion rocks Jos, Nigeria
- 17 August 2012
- Ascology
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- Section: Africa
One person was injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded near the Rikkos Police Post in Jos on Friday.
S.Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead
- 16 August 2012
- REUTERS
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- Section: Africa
South African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing several men in the deadliest episode of a week of union violence.
