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Somalias government has yet to release the exact death toll from an explosion many called the most powerful they had ever witnessed in Mogadishu. (Photo: AFP)

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Death toll from blast in Somalia's capital rises to 53

Hospitals struggle to cope with the high number of casualties, more than 60 others are injured.

15 Oct 2017 1:43 PM IST

The explosion left a trail of destruction across a busy intersection, with several bodies and bloodied slippers and shoes. (Photo: AP)

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Huge blast rocks Somalia's capital; police say 20 killed

The explosion appeared to target a hotel on a busy road in Hodan district and at least 15 people were injured.

14 Oct 2017 8:21 PM IST

$\Six people were killed in the attack, including students, and we have others injured\ (Representational | Photo: AFP)$ World

At least 6 killed in northern Kenya school raid

Members of Toposa tribal militia believed to be responsible.

14 Oct 2017 5:46 PM IST

We have failed to criminalise marital rape.

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Congo woman publicly raped, beheaded for serving rebels 'forbidden'...

The incident takes place in the backdrop of the Kamuina Nsapu rebel movement.

12 Oct 2017 5:32 PM IST

Indian-origin Desiree Murugan was decapitated after the accused stabbed her 192 times. (Photo: iol.co.za.)

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South African 'healer' motivates beheading of Indian-origin woman;...

The four, who participated in this act had killed and decapitated the victim after stabbing her 192 times.

7 Oct 2017 9:47 AM IST

Mr. Vinoy Kumar Singh, director general of prisons, said that the department would submit the recommendations to the government, which will release the guidelines for remission of prisoners, sentenced to life in the year 2018. (Representational image)

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Nearly 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast prison break

A security source told AFP that the 96 inmates escaped between 0500 and 0600 GMT.

4 Sept 2017 11:38 AM IST

A company that hands out student funding accidentally transferred 14 million rand into the young womans account instead of the 1,400-rand ($107) monthly food allowance she was supposed to get. (Representational Image)

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South African student mistakenly receives USD 1 million funding,...

The university said the student is liable for the amount that she has already spent - nearly $61,250.

31 Aug 2017 8:52 AM IST

Local media reported that police have linked the case to the killing of at least one woman in the area. (Photo: Pixabay)

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'Tired of eating human flesh', Five suspect cannibals surrender to S...

The accused, all in their 30s, are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of human parts.

28 Aug 2017 7:03 PM IST

Boko Harams elusive leader Abubakar Shekau. (Photo: Videograb)

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Suspected Boko Haram extremists kill 16 in north Cameroon

Iya Gana, whose husband was killed in the attack Thursday night, said the rebels entered her village and killed her...

28 Aug 2017 9:36 AM IST

Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains have killed 26 people and left 15 missing in Vietnams mountainous north, authorities said on Monday.

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Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140

The landslide occurred in the northeast village of Tora when part of a mountain engulfed a fishing camp after heavy...

21 Aug 2017 4:02 PM IST

Back in the 1960s there were around 2,000 northern white rhinos in the wild, but they were all wiped out by poachers for their ivory in three decades of poaching. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Online rhino horn auction set to open in South Africa

High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of the auction's South African organiser John Hume, who runs the world's biggest...

21 Aug 2017 2:27 PM IST

Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leones capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.

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Sierra Leone floods: Toll rises to 450 as rescuers search for more...

At least 122 of the victims are children, and a similar number have been orphaned by the disaster, the aid group Save...

19 Aug 2017 12:43 PM IST