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Protesters mark May Day across the globe
Labor and trade unions across much of the world organize demonstrations to mark International Workers\' Day on May 1.Abducted Nigerian girls sold into marriage to Islamist extremists
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped two weeks again are being sold to as wives to Islamic militants for as little as $12 each, it ...South Sudan peace talks resume in Ethiopia
Peace talks between South Sudan\'s government and rebels aimed at ending a four-month-old civil war resumed in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, ...Militants kill second Somali lawmaker, threaten more attacks
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu Tuesday, the second Somali member of parliament (MP) killed since Monday, media reported.Rebels kill hundreds of civilians in South Sudan massacre, says UN
South Sudan rebels have killed hundreds of people based on their ethnic origins and nationality after seizing the oil hub of Bentiu ...Somali lawmaker killed in car bomb in Mogadishu
A Somali lawmaker was killed when a bomb planted by Islamist militants ripped through his car in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, ...Air strike kills 13 suspected militants in central Yemen
Thirteen people, including three civilians, were killed on Saturday in a U.S. drone attack on suspected al-Qaeda rebels in the central Yemeni ...Algerians vote for new president
Algerian voters went to the polls Thursday in an election marked by questions over the incumbent president\'s health and anger over his ...Suspected Islamic gunmen kidnap 100 girls in Nigeria
Heavily armed men have kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in northeast Nigeria\'s Borno state and torched the surrounding ...South Sudan rebels order oil shutdown, battle over town
South Sudanese rebels clashed with government troops Tuesday in the key oil town of Bentiu, with the guerrillas demanding that companies end ...