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Nigeria’s former power minister Saleh Mamman sentenced to 75 years in prison

A Former Nigerian Power Minister, Saleh Mamman has been sentenced to 75 years in prison over $24.71 million state funds fraud case. Details spark reactions online.

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Academy unearths long-lost 'race films' in Black cinema exhibit

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Five challenges facing world champion Springboks in Australia

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Islamic State 'Beatle' faces life sentence for US hostage deaths

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Danger part of job in Mexico's coal mining heartland

3 years ago by AFP

Water is the worst enemy of Mexican miner David Huerta, who once survived an accident similar to the one that has trapped 10 workers in a flooded tunnel for more than two weeks. "Water's our worst enemy," said Huerta, 35, who spent nearly 13 years working in mines in Sabinas in the northern state of Coahuila.

Lula keeps big lead over Bolsonaro in new Brazil presidential poll

3 years ago by AFP

A new poll ahead of Brazil's presidential election in October shows former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintaining a significant lead over Jair Bolsonaro, but the right-wing incumbent is gaining ground. If the election does advance to a second round, on October 30, the poll shows Lula beating Bolsonaro with 54 percent of the vote.

Truth commission faults Mexico military over 43 missing students

3 years ago by AFP

A truth commission investigating one of Mexico's worst human rights tragedies said Thursday that military personnel bore responsibility, either directly or through negligence, in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

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