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(AFP) – Nigeria marked the Muslim feast of Eid el-Adha amid fears and tears as the US warned of possible new attacks after after deadly blasts claimed by Islamists killed 150 people in the northeast of the country. The attacks on Friday in Damaturu were among the deadliest ever carried out by Boko Haram, an Islamist sect based in the ...

New York City’s annual tradition didn’t disappoint this year, as a man from Kenya and a woman from Ethiopia won their respective divisions Sunday in the ING New York City Marathon, with Geoffrey Mutai setting a new course record — cutting nearly three minutes from the previous one. Mutai broke the old record of 2:07:43 set by Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar ...

ZANU PF politburo member and women’s affairs secretary, Oppah Muchinguri has revealed she recently visited renowned Nigerian prophet, TB Joshua for help with some undisclosed personal and political problems. She becomes the latest in a growing list of top Zimbabwean politicians and leading public personalities to visit the faith healer, among them suspended Zanu PF colleague, Tracey Mutinhiri, Prime Minister, ...