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African presidents resist term limits: Guinea, Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda

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African presidents resist term limits: Guinea, Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda

Andrew Mbeki - October 21, 2019

NIGERIA Guinea’s president Alpha Conde has become the latest African head of state to seek an extension his legal...

#10YearChallenge: African presidents way back and now

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#10YearChallenge: African presidents way back and now

Andrew Mbeki - January 17, 2019

AFRICA The 10 year challenge hashtag continues to gain traction on social media platforms especially Facebook and Twitter.

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Texas shootings: Seven dead, 21 injured as police kill gunman

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Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting

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Nigeria’s Military taskforce arrests 23 criminals, cultists

Seven people died and another was seriously injured in a fire which ripped through a building in a wealthy Paris neighbourhood on Monday night, the fire service said. The blaze in the French capital's trendy 16th arrondissement also left 27 people -- including three firefighters -- with minor injuries. "The toll could still increase because the fire is still in progress on the 7th and 8th floors" of the eight-storey block, fire service spokesman Captain Clement Cognon told AFP at the scene. Described by firefighters as a "scene of incredible violence", the blaze started at about 1:00 am (0000 GMT). Its cause is so far unknown. AFP / AFP Map locating a building blaze in Paris where seven people have died overnight Monday Some of those affected scrambled on to nearby roofs to escape the smoke and flames, and needed to be rescued by fire crews. With landmarks including the Trocadero overlooking the Eiffel Tower, Paris Saint-Germain's home stadium the Parc des Princes, the picturesque Bois de Bologne and an array of upmarket shops and restaurants, the area in the capital's southwest is popular with tourists. Captain Cognon added: "We had to carry out many rescues, including some people who had taken refuge on the roofs. Thirty people were evacuated on ladders." At approximately 5:00 am (0400 GMT), fire crews had finished evacuating the block on rue Erlanger but were still fighting the flames. Two adjacent buildings were also evacuated as a precaution and local officials were on site to help find housing for residents who could not go back to their homes. Around 200 firefighters were still at the scene in the early hours of Tuesday, battling the blaze and treating the injured. AFP / Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT Around 200 firefighters were still at the scene in the early hours of Tuesday, battling the blaze and treating the injured Several streets of the chic neighbourhood were cordoned off by police and fire crews, and an AFP journalist said a strong smell of smoke was in the air. In late December, two women and two girls died from asphyxiation in a fire that broke out in a public housing block in a suburb northeast of Paris. And in January a gas explosion followed by a fire killed four people in the 9th arrondissement.

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Seven dead in Paris building blaze: fire service

Netanyahu calls on Gantz to form a unity government together

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Netanyahu calls on Gantz to form a unity government together