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23 May 2013 Last updated at 14:44 ET

Bombers hit Niger barracks and mineAreva mine near Arlit in northern Niger

Suicide bombers target a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in north-western Niger leaving at least 20 people dead, officials say.

The casket containing the body of late author Chinua Achebe is carried to the funeral service in Ogidi, Nigeria on 23 May 2013Thousands at author Achebe's funeral

Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, in his home town in Anambra state.

Bulldozer loads lorry in the Brazilian mining giant Vale's coalmine on the outskirts of Tete province, Mozambique, 8 November 2010 Mozambique mines 'hurt locals'

International mining companies operating in Mozambique are failing in their obligation to people displaced by coal mining, says Human Rights Watch.

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