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Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
- ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed "after a verification exercise and a final census was carried out," according to a statement ...

Source: apnews.com
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Historic South Africa G20 summit declaration prioritises developing world
- The final document of the Group of 20 summit in South Africa says the organisation will work towards the settlement of armed conflicts and lighten the burden of the developing nations in the world. The summit, the first G20 gathering on the African continent, convened on Saturday for the first of two days with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the longstanding problems that have afflicted the ...

Source: aljazeera.com