Niger tells Europe it needs 1b euros to fight illegal migration
Niger, a major transit country for Africans seeking to reach the EU, told foreign ministers visiting from Europe on Tuesday it needs 1 billion euros t
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Pirates paid ”$400,000” ransoms in West Africa”s Gulf of Guinea
Ransoms of up to $400,000 (£273,000) have been paid to gangs which hijacked ships in the Gulf of Guinea in 2015, a maritime report says. The reg
Court rules food theft ”not a crime” if hungry
Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy’s highest court of appeal has ruled. Judges overturned a theft convicti
German couple tortured two women to death
Police in Germany investigating the deaths of two women say they were the victims of a couple who held them hostage and tortured them. They say
Baby rescued after four days in collapsed building
A six-month-old girl has been rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed four days ago in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Later the Kenyan Red