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LONDON, - It's a showpiece drug that has the potential to end a disease that kills half a million
African children a year. Yet even before it wins a license, the world's first malaria vaccine has lost
some of its sheen.
Mon, Jul 13 2015
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have killed dozens of people and burned
down homes in two villages in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, police and a security source said on
Monday.
WASHINGTON - The White House said on Monday the United States is concerned about the growing
threat from extremists operating in Libya and will continue to work with allies in North Africa to
address security threats.
YAOUNDE - A twin suicide attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northern Cameroon
town of Fotokol late on Sunday killed at least 13 people including a Chadian soldier, authorities said.
MOMBASA, Kenya - At least two police officers and a civilian died on Monday when a bomb blew up
their vehicle in Kenya's coastal county of Lamu, police said, and al Shabaab militants said they
carried out the attack.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria's civilian joint task
force (JTF) at the main checkpoint on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday,
military and JTF sources said.
NAIROBI - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza may find an election victory he is assured of this
month swiftly overshadowed by the emergence of an armed insurgency in a nation at the heart of
one of Africa's most combustible regions.
Sun, Jul 12 2015
WASHINGTON - The United States is holding discussions with countries in North Africa about
locating drones at a base there to heighten monitoring of Islamic State in Libya, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official.
DODOMA - Tanzania's ruling party on Sunday named Works Minister John Magufuli as its candidate
for this year's presidential race, making him the most likely next leader of the east African nation.
NIAMEY - Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger
town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of
the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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