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CLEAN : 9 children killed as houses collapse in rains in Niger: official
At least nine children have been killed in Niger as heavy rains over the past few days caused the collapse of houses in the capital Niamey the authorities said Wednesday
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CLEAN : Niger: Taekwondo world champion becomes UNICEF ambassador
Taekwondo champion Abdoulrazak Issoufou Alfaga a star in impoverished Niger was named UNICEF goodwill ambassador on Friday
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Interior Ministers from North Africa and Europe meet
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Government ministers from North Africa and Europe have been meeting in Tunis.
They were discussing the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
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CLEAN : Thousands left homeless in Niger after flooding
Authorities say at least 44 people have died in Niger and 70,000 others have lost their homes because of flooding caused by torrential rain which has been battering the country since June
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DOD Confirms Special Ops Forces Deaths in Niger
U.S. officials say three U.S. Army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.
Spokeswoman Dana White confirmed the deaths at a Pentagon...
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CLEAN : Many casualties in Niger terrorist attack: president
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou says his country has been attacked by terrorist groups and there have been many casualties in comments made after a joint US Nigerien patrol was ambushed
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Macron meets Filippo Grandi
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CLEAN : Many casualties in Niger terrorist attack: president
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Thursday his country had been attacked by terrorist groups and there had been many casualties in comments made after a joint US Nigerien patrol was ambushed
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DOD Confirms Special Ops Forces Deaths in Niger
U.S. officials say three U.S. Army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.
Spokeswoman Dana White confirmed the deaths at a Pentagon...
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US confirms special ops forces deaths in Niger
U.S. officials say three U.S. Army special operations commandos were killed on Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.
Spokeswoman Dana White confirmed the deaths at a Pentagon...
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Trump Rejects Account of Fallen Phone Call
U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to reject a Florida congresswoman's account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for."
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CLEAN : Funeral held for US special ops soldier killed in Niger
People gather in Cooper City Florida for the funeral of Sergeant La David Johnson one of the four US soldiers killed during an ambush in Niger
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Trump Rejects Account of Fallen Phone Call
U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to reject a Florida congresswoman's account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for."
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Pentagon Investigating Deadly Niger Ambush
Defense Secretary James Mattis offered his condolences to the families of four U.S. troops killed in an ambush in Niger two weeks ago, and he said the incident is under investigation.
I just say we honor our troops, every...
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Kelly: Niger Probe Doesn't Signal Wrongdoing
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Trump rejects account of fallen soldier phone call
US President Donald Trump is continuing to reject a Florida congresswoman's account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for."
Trump...
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CLEAN : West African leaders break silence on Togo violence
West African leaders have made their first comments after two months of increasingly bloody violence in Togo calling on the presidency and the opposition to sit down to talks
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Pentagon Investigating Deadly Niger Ambush
Defense Secretary James Mattis offered his condolences to the families of four U.S. troops killed in an ambush in Niger two weeks ago, and he said the incident is under investigation.
I just say we honor our troops, every...
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Pentagon investigating deadly Niger ambush
Defense Secretary James Mattis offered his condolences to the families of four U.S. troops killed in an ambush in Niger two weeks ago, and said the incident is under investigation.
"I just say we honour our troops, every...
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CLEAN : Stockshots of G5 in Sahel
The G5 Sahel force an initiative comprising Burkina Faso Chad Mali Mauritania and Niger last week began its first operation with French military support
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CLEAN : Images of Operation Barkhane forces in Niger
Engaged in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel Saharan strip the French forces of Operation Barkhane have a range of air assets at their disposal including fighter jets refuelling aircrafts troops and equipment transporting planes...
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CLEAN : Protesters in Niger rally against new finance law
Several thousand people protested Sunday in Niamey against the 2018 finance law which they consider detrimental to the working class according to an AFP journalist
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Macron offers support to French, African forces in Niger
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Gentiloni on upcoming elections, managing migration, Niger
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday the government would continue to carry out its work even if it cedes temporary control to President Sergio Mattarella ahead of elections next year.
Gentiloni was...