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Even a pet animal is better treated, sobs 17-year-old Fatima, one of thousands of young girls exploited and too often abused while working as housemaids for unscrupulous employers in Morocco. (Photo: AFP | Fadel Senna)

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Even pets are treated better: Morocco's child maids suffer regular...

A study carried out in 2010 by non-governmental bodies reported that Morocco had between 66,000 and 80,000 domestic...

19 April 2018 6:38 PM IST

The attacks, mainly targeting police and military, increased after ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 by military following massive protests against his rule.

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Egypt's armed forces foil attack, kill 14 terrorists

The incident led to eight casualties and 15 injuries among Egyptian forces.

14 April 2018 7:38 PM IST

$Often called the \Mother of the Nation\ and \Mama Winnie,\ Madikizela-Mandela fought to keep South Africas anti-apartheid struggle in the international spotlight while her husband, Nelson Mandela, was imprisoned. (Photo: AP)$ World

South Africa bids farewell to Madikizela-Mandela

Thousands of mourners packed a 40,000-seat stadium to celebrate the powerful figure who was buried as a national hero.

14 April 2018 5:25 PM IST

The plane was carrying more than 100 military personnel. (Photo: Twitter | @PressTV)

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257 killed after Algerian military plane crashes near Boufarik airport

Hundreds of ambulances and dozens of fire trucks with their sirens wailing rushed to the scene.

11 April 2018 2:17 PM IST

Madikizela-Mandela was married to Nelson Mandela from 1958 to 1996. Mandela, who died in 2013, was imprisoned throughout most of their marriage. (Photo: AP)

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S Africa mourns death of Mother of the Nation' Nelson Mandela's...

She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones.'

3 April 2018 3:35 PM IST

Though the UN last month said Boko Haram was blocking aid supplies from reaching refugees, leaving thousands at risk of starvation, Shettima said the jihadists no longer posed a threat. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

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Four teenage girls launch deadly suicide attack in Nigeria, 2 killed

The suspected Boko Haram attack took place late Friday in the northeast Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

1 April 2018 1:10 PM IST

Luggage belonging to the kidnapped girls remain in the dormitory in the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi, Nigeria. Boko Haram militants have returned unknown number of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said on Wednesday. (AP Photo | Jossy Ola)

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Freed out of pity: Boko Haram returns abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

'We did it out of pity. And don't ever put your daughters in school again,' Boko Haram extremists said after returning...

21 March 2018 6:50 PM IST

The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, resigned from the ceremonial position on Saturday, her lawyer said, amid accusations of financial impropriety that triggered a dispute between her and the prime minister. (Photo: AP)

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Mauritius prez denies accusations of financial impropriety, yet steps...

The president's lawyer Yousuf Mohamed told local Radio Plus that she had decided to resign to prevent a constitutional...

18 March 2018 6:11 PM IST

Central African Republic descended into chaos after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted president Francois Bozize in 2013, provoking a spate of killing by Christian anti-balaka militias. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

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In war-torn Central Africa, militia has already raped 300 women in...

The hospital at Bossangoa has treated 56 rape victims since September, up from 13 in the previous eight months, MSF...

9 March 2018 7:22 PM IST

Following the birth of Love and Prince, the doctors decided to wait for at least six months before conducting a surgery to separate them (Photo: AFP)

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Neurosurgeon in Kenya performs brain surgery on wrong patient,...

The hospital said the surgeon, 2 nurses and an anaesthetist, was suspended pending a probe into the operation 'on the...

3 March 2018 5:04 PM IST

On Monday night, terrified pupils fled the boarding school night when heavily armed fighters in military fatigues and turbans stormed the town, shouting Allahu Akbar. (Representational Image/ AFP)

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Nigerian govt confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school...

The kidnapping has raised questions about the military's repeated claims that the Islamist terrorists are on the verge...

26 Feb 2018 5:13 PM IST

A number of Algerian and French nationals entered the largely ISIS-controlled district of Darzab in northern Jowzjan province in November. (Photo: Representational)

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ISIS-linked Indian-origin duo kidnap British couple, arrested

Fatima Patel and her partner also face charges of robbery and theft after they went on a spending spree using the...

26 Feb 2018 10:11 AM IST