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Returnee Ivorian, Nigerian migrants confirm existence of Libya’s slave markets

Deportees from Libya reveal the horrors of the migrant slave trade as they arrive home. Ivorian migrants returning from Libyan detention centres have confirmed the sale of slaves in the North African country. A total of 155 returned to Abidjan on Monday night, each with a tale to tell. Trying to make their way to a new life in Europe, …

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At least 50 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Nigeria

At least 50 people have died in north-eastern Nigeria’s biggest mass killing this year. A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in the town of Mubi in Adamawa State, as the region faces a renewed insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The Adamawa Police said a young boy was responsible for the blast which occurred during the early morning Muslim …

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Germany: Merkel prefers new elections to minority government

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she would prefer new elections to leading a minority government. She expressed her preference an interview on the German public television ZDF on Monday following the collapse of attempts to form a three-way coalition. “I do not have a minority government in my planning but now we have to wait for the next few days …

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