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10-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM DELIVERS TWO INFANTS PREMATURELY

May 19 (GIN) – Abiding by Senegalese law, a 10 year old girl was compelled to complete her pregnancy despite having little knowledge of ...

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AS TROUBLES IN MALI MOUNT, NEW PRESIDENT GOES SHOPPING

May 19 (GIN) – With a new outbreak of fierce fighting reported in northern Mali’s contested Tuareg lands, reports that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita ...

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AFRICAN LEADERS PLEDGE ‘TOTAL WAR’ AGAINST BOKO HARAM

May 19 (GIN) – Unable to account for the over 276 teenage girls kidnapped in Nigeria almost a month ago, the government of Pres. ...

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REAPER DRONES FILL THE SKIES FROM AFGHANISTAN TO AFRICA

May 13 (GIN) – As the war in Afghanistan winds down, western countries are finding new uses for their high-tech surveillance equipment and unmanned ...

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LIBERIANS RESIST UK COMPANY’S ‘LAND GRAB’

May 12 (GIN) – After years of fruitless court battles by small farmers against major multinational corporations,  the Jogbahn Clan across 11 villages in ...

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PARTY OF MADIBA TRUMPS RIVALS IN NATIONAL POLL

May 12 (GIN) – In a closely watched election, South Africans turned out a decisive “vote for the party,” giving the African National Congress ...

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NO DEAL FOR KIDNAPPED GIRLS SEEN IN NEW VIDEO

May 12 (GIN) – Attempts to broker the return of the missing school girls held in a rebel camp somewhere in northern Nigeria were ...

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KENYA’S POLYGAMY LAW GETS THUMBS UP FROM U.S.

May 5 (GIN) – A U.S. State Dept. official has found something to like in Kenya’s new legislation legalizing multiple marriages. “The legislation is ...

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ERYKAH BADU GETS HEAT OVER SERENADE TO SWAZI KING

May 5 (GIN) – Pop icon Erykah Badu was the surprise guest of honor at a swanky party for Swaziland’s King Mswati who turned ...

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NIGERIA’S ‘MISSING GIRLS’ SPARK RALLIES, PROTESTS WORLDWIDE

May 5 (GIN) – An unprecedented surge of gatherings and rallies across the U.S. and abroad, sparked by the kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian ...