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Nigerian soldiers walk on the tarmac of the Bamako airport (Reuters)

Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive

Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists.

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Pharmaceutical deal to treat 3rd World video

GlaxoSmithKline has joined forces with aid agency Save the Children to provide a chemical used in mouthwash to disinfect the bellybuttons of newborn babies.

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Soldiers stand during a parade in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno (Reuters)

Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.

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South African police brutality at all time high video

A former politician says that police brutality in South Africa is as bad now as it was during the apartheid era.

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A state of emergency has been declared in Nigeria (Reuters file)

Cellphone services cut in Nigeria

Mobile phone service has been cut off in parts of Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight extremists.

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Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency (Reuters)

Nigeria declares state of emergency

Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency.

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The scene of the car bomb explosion outside a hospital in the city of Benghazi (Reuters)

Bomb explodes near Libyan hospital

A deadly car bomb exploded near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

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HMNZS Te Mana is heading to the Gulf of Aden (NZPA)

NZ ship to help combat overseas piracy

A navy frigate is again being sent to help combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden, near Africa and the Middle East.

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Military vehicles approach the entrance of the Shehu's Palace of Bama in Nigeria.

42 dead in Nigeria extremist attacks

Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria.

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