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Attack on Mali village 'kills 100'
Reports say many of the victims were burnt
Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, according to reports.
Authorities in Sokoto state in north-western Nigeria say gunmen have killed at least 25 people in a series of attacks on several villages and four people have been arrested as suspects in connection with the incident.
And in Cameroon, a new campaign has been launched to change attitudes towards protecting wildlife from illegal bush-meat trade which has wiped out some of the rarest animal species found only in the country.
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