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Nigeria - April 2019:
Nigeria - British aid worker and boyfriend shot dead in vacation accommodation
Nigeria - British aid worker and boyfriend shot dead in vacation accommodation
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UK - UK - 'Adam' 4-7 YO Boy found in Thames in 2001
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Torso found in Thames identified: 'Victim of voodoo ritual' named as 5-year-old 'Adam' | Daily Mail Online
Dumped in the Thames: The five-year-old boy identified as Adam
''He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next to the Globe Theatre in September 2001.''
''Now Nigerian Joyce Osiagede, the only person to be arrested in Britain as part of the inquiry, has claimed that the boy in this picture is Adam. She said his real name is Ikpomwosa.
UK - UK - 'Adam' 4-7 YO Boy found in Thames in 2001
rbbm.
Torso found in Thames identified: 'Victim of voodoo ritual' named as 5-year-old 'Adam' | Daily Mail Online
''He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next to the Globe Theatre in September 2001.''
''Now Nigerian Joyce Osiagede, the only person to be arrested in Britain as part of the inquiry, has claimed that the boy in this picture is Adam. She said his real name is Ikpomwosa.
Africa- JOHANNESBURG, At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known, 26 June 2022
https://www.cp24.com/world/at-least-20-dead-in-south-african-club-cause-not-yet-known-1.5963571 June 26, 2022 6:43AM EDT ''JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday morning. It is...
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Somalia, Mogadishu Hotel Attack: Death toll rises, Hostages, 20 August 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/africa/hotel-explosions-mogadishu-somalia-intl/index.html ''Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)At least 20 people have been killed after unidentified gunmen stormed an upscale hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday evening, officials said, following gunfire and...
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South Africa- Shevonne Matthews, 9, went missing while playing in park, Athlone, 16 April 2002 *possibly spotted, case re-opened*
30 Jan 2023 by Genevieve Serra rbbm. Jan 30 2023 https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/cold-case-of-missing-shevonne-matthews-re-opened-after-claims-she-was-living-in-mitchells-plain-1e82c126-e9a5-4aaa-bbaa-1fe8e28c1e56 ''Police have confirmed that they have reopened the cold case of...
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South Africa- Child among 10 family members killed in South Africa shooting, JOHANNESBURG, 21 April 2023
''JOHANNESBURG — Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and at least one of them a child, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday. A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police hours after and two men were arrested. A fourth suspect...
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South Africa - Nick Frischke, 22, tourist from Germany, doesn't speak English, Cape Town, 15 Feb 2023
A search is underway for a 22-year-old German tourist who does not speak English well, and who seems to have disappeared from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Nick Frischke arrived in South Africa on Monday February 6 and booked into an Air Bed and Breakfast establishment in Pinelands, Cape...
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South Africa, Julie Goodness, 38, an American citizen, maybe trail running, last seen in Higgovale Cape Town, 24 April 2023
38-year-old, Julie Goodness, was last seen in Higgovale yesterday and has been reported missing to the police. The Caucasian American woman is approximately 1.6m tall, weighing about 50kg with dark brown hair and blue/grey eyes. Her hair goes down to mid-back length and is usually worn in a...
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Uganda school attack: Dozens of pupils killed by militants linked to Islamic State group, June 2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65937484 By Patience Atuhaire in Kampala & James Gregory in London BBC News ''Nearly 40 pupils have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group (IS). Five militants attacked the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe...
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Powerful earthquake hits Morocco, killing at least 2,901 people, 8 Sept 2023
Sep 08, 2023 10:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deadly-morocco-earthquake-1.6961717 ''A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of...
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South Africa, Joslin Smith, 6, Saldanha Bay, Weston Cape, 19 Feb 24.
CAPE TOWN - The Saldanha Bay community is desperate to find the missing six-year-old who disappeared more than a week ago. Joslin Smith was reported missing by her mother when she returned from work last Monday. The little girl was left in the care of her mother's boyfriend at the time of her...
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