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background" title="Helicopter flies over Djibouti harbour as part of city is seen, background" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036598170/military-base-djibouti.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:18 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:18 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036598170/military-base-djibouti.html">Prime Real Estate? Five Countries Set to Build Military Bases in Djibouti</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036598170/military-base-djibouti.html">Three foreign military powers, the United States, France and Japan, have military forces positioned in Djibouti and another two, China and Saudi Arabia, are set to establish bases there soon.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036598170/military-base-djibouti.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2090</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036585647/libya-nato-chaos-.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103267/60/1032676069.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A general view shows destroyed buildings in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi on October 20, 2015" title="A general view shows destroyed buildings in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi on October 20, 2015" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036585647/libya-nato-chaos-.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:56 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:56 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036585647/libya-nato-chaos-.html">Doom and Gloom: Libya Imploding Into Chaos Five Years After NATO Bombings</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036585647/libya-nato-chaos-.html">Five years after NATO bombings of Libya ousted the country’s veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi and left the once-prosperous country in ruins, the North African state is being turned into a terrorist stronghold and is facing a possible military invasion by the West.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036585647/libya-nato-chaos-.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>5</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1027</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036575810/al-qaeda-claims-responsibility-statoil-gas-plant-attack-algeria.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103318/41/1033184153.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Al-qaeda militants" title="Al-qaeda militants" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036575810/al-qaeda-claims-responsibility-statoil-gas-plant-attack-algeria.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>12:29 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">12:29 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036575810/al-qaeda-claims-responsibility-statoil-gas-plant-attack-algeria.html">Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Statoil Gas Plant Attack in Algeria</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036575810/al-qaeda-claims-responsibility-statoil-gas-plant-attack-algeria.html">The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Islamist group claimed responsibility for an attack with explosive munitions on Norwegian energy major Statoil's facility in the Algerian Sahara, media reported Saturday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160319/1036575810/al-qaeda-claims-responsibility-statoil-gas-plant-attack-algeria.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>160</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036512777/statoil-algeria-attacked.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103651/33/1036513328.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Norwegian energy major Statoil's facility in the Algerian Sahara was attacked with explosive munitions on Friday, the company said in a statement" title="Norwegian energy major Statoil's facility in the Algerian Sahara was attacked with explosive munitions on Friday, the company said in a statement" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036512777/statoil-algeria-attacked.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>13:43 18.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">13:43 18.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036512777/statoil-algeria-attacked.html">Statoil's Gas Facility in Algeria Hit by Explosive Munitions</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036512777/statoil-algeria-attacked.html">Norwegian company Statoil's facility in Northern Algeria came under attack on Friday. Fortunately, the employees avoided injuries.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036512777/statoil-algeria-attacked.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>170</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160318/1036490836/us-propaganda-push-against-russia.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/101643/54/1016435407.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Стенд канала Russia Today" title="Стенд канала Russia Today" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160318/1036490836/us-propaganda-push-against-russia.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:27 18.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:27 18.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160318/1036490836/us-propaganda-push-against-russia.html">War on RT: US Propaganda Push Against Russia May Shred Basic Constitutional Freedoms</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160318/1036490836/us-propaganda-push-against-russia.html">In an Orwellian Twist of Fate, two US senators drop legislation calling for the creation of a propaganda agency tasked with “delegitimizing” Russian and Chinese media, and “strategically” presenting “facts” to support US interests. Critics slam the bill as “extreme,” adding that it likely violates the US First Amendment.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160318/1036490836/us-propaganda-push-against-russia.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>24</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3240</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036490329/namibia-north-korea-military-contracts.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103649/05/1036490569.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Windhoek, Namibia's capital" title="Windhoek, Namibia's capital" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036490329/namibia-north-korea-military-contracts.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:20 18.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:20 18.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036490329/namibia-north-korea-military-contracts.html">Namibia Under Fire Over Military Contracts with North Korea</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036490329/namibia-north-korea-military-contracts.html">As the United States has imposed harsh new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the DPRK may have been prepared for the move by securing a number of military contracts in Africa.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160318/1036490329/namibia-north-korea-military-contracts.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>5</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2284</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160316/1036380449/egypt-renew-tourist-flow.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103006/61/1030066127.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="An empty public beach is seen in Namaa Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh." title="An empty public beach is seen in Namaa Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160316/1036380449/egypt-renew-tourist-flow.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>13:32 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">13:32 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160316/1036380449/egypt-renew-tourist-flow.html">Egypt Awaits Russian Signal to Renew Tourist Flow - Foreign Minister</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160316/1036380449/egypt-renew-tourist-flow.html">Egypt is providing maximum assistance to Russian aviation safety experts and is awaiting Moscow’s signal to restart tourist flows, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Wednesday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160316/1036380449/egypt-renew-tourist-flow.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>239</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036354545/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-trump-again.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/102063/01/1020630105.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Anonymous called the Vineland police officers' fatal attack on Philip White absolute grotesque behavior." title="Anonymous called the Vineland police officers' fatal attack on Philip White absolute grotesque behavior." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036354545/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-trump-again.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>22:31 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">22:31 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036354545/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-trump-again.html">Anonymous Declares Total War on Republican Frontrunner Donald Trump… Again</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036354545/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-trump-again.html">The group declared war on Trump in December 2015, to no effect as the Republican frontrunner looks to secure the nomination today.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036354545/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-trump-again.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>29</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2383</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036309108/chad-key-foothold-against-daesh-africa.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/101759/81/1017598101.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Soldiers of the Chadian army from a regional contingent fighting Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. File photo." title="Soldiers of the Chadian army from a regional contingent fighting Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. File photo." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036309108/chad-key-foothold-against-daesh-africa.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>13:57 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">13:57 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036309108/chad-key-foothold-against-daesh-africa.html">If Chad Were to Fall, ISIL Could Threaten All of Central Africa</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036309108/chad-key-foothold-against-daesh-africa.html">Pushed back in Iraq and Syria, Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) has been attempting to establish a foothold in Libya. Speaking to Atlantico, French writer and geopolitical analyst Frederic Encel explained the threats facing the Central African country of Chad, and why it serves as a crucial foothold in preventing Daesh's spread south across the African continent.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036309108/chad-key-foothold-against-daesh-africa.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1301</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036294836/tourists-tunisia-russia-return.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/102697/20/1026972062.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Lounge chairs and numerous flowers laid out at the scene of the attack in Sousse, Tunisia, Sunday, June 28, 2015" title="Lounge chairs and numerous flowers laid out at the scene of the attack in Sousse, Tunisia, Sunday, June 28, 2015" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036294836/tourists-tunisia-russia-return.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>10:15 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">10:15 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036294836/tourists-tunisia-russia-return.html">Tunisia Seeking Return of Russian Tourists After 2015 Drop in Arrivals</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036294836/tourists-tunisia-russia-return.html">Tunisia expects Russian tourists` return after severe decrease in the number of arrivals in 2015 amid security crisis, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036294836/tourists-tunisia-russia-return.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>304</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036293826/tunisia-against-intervention-libya.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/102435/01/1024350162.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Tunisian soldiers and police" title="Tunisian soldiers and police" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036293826/tunisia-against-intervention-libya.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>10:05 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">10:05 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036293826/tunisia-against-intervention-libya.html">Tunisian Foreign Minister Denounces Legally Baseless Intervention in Libya</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036293826/tunisia-against-intervention-libya.html">Tunisia strongly opposes any military intervention in Libya outside the framework of international law, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160315/1036293826/tunisia-against-intervention-libya.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>483</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160315/1036284722/sea-of-plastic-outnumbering-fish-by-2050.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/102614/71/1026147163.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Plastic Ocean." title="Plastic Ocean." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160315/1036284722/sea-of-plastic-outnumbering-fish-by-2050.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:00 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:00 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160315/1036284722/sea-of-plastic-outnumbering-fish-by-2050.html">A Sea of Plastic: Waste to Outnumber Fish in Oceans by 2050</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160315/1036284722/sea-of-plastic-outnumbering-fish-by-2050.html">40% of world covered in plastic waste and refuse as environmental activists call for change.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160315/1036284722/sea-of-plastic-outnumbering-fish-by-2050.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1078</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160314/1036281400/climate-emergency-scientists-worldwide-stunned-by-february.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103166/04/1031660436.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Jean-Baptiste Redde aka Voltuan holds a banner reading State of climate emergency next to demonstrators dressed-up as polar bears during a rally called by several Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) to form a human chain on the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on December 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming." title="Jean-Baptiste Redde aka Voltuan holds a banner reading State of climate emergency next to demonstrators dressed-up as polar bears during a rally called by several Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) to form a human chain on the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on December 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160314/1036281400/climate-emergency-scientists-worldwide-stunned-by-february.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>22:47 14.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">22:47 14.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160314/1036281400/climate-emergency-scientists-worldwide-stunned-by-february.html">‘Climate Emergency’: Scientists Worldwide Stunned by February Temperature Records</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160314/1036281400/climate-emergency-scientists-worldwide-stunned-by-february.html">Experts warn that we may be nearing a tipping point that could trigger a massive, apocalyptic temperature increase.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160314/1036281400/climate-emergency-scientists-worldwide-stunned-by-february.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>80</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1443</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160314/1036260864/libya-war-planning-colonialism-analysis.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103625/35/1036253587.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Italy's representation of the takeover of Ottoman Tripolitania in 1911" title="Italy's representation of the takeover of Ottoman Tripolitania in 1911" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160314/1036260864/libya-war-planning-colonialism-analysis.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:11 14.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:11 14.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160314/1036260864/libya-war-planning-colonialism-analysis.html">Think the Colonial Era is Over? Look at Libya, Think Again</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160314/1036260864/libya-war-planning-colonialism-analysis.html">While Western officials consider the prospects of another military intervention in Libya, French special forces are already reported to be deployed in the country. Focusing on the Italian government's agonizing over the decision to intervene, journalist Manlio Dinucci suggests that the Libyan case is proof that the colonial era is far from over.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160314/1036260864/libya-war-planning-colonialism-analysis.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>5</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4575</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160314/1036253303/italy-zimbabwe-poacher-murder.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103625/31/1036253155.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe (File)" title="Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe (File)" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160314/1036253303/italy-zimbabwe-poacher-murder.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:47 14.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:47 14.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160314/1036253303/italy-zimbabwe-poacher-murder.html">Two Italians Killed in Zimbabwe Mistaken for Poachers</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160314/1036253303/italy-zimbabwe-poacher-murder.html">Two Italian nationals, father and his son, were killed killed during a joint operation with local authorities against poachers in Mana Pools in Zimbabwe, according to local media.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160314/1036253303/italy-zimbabwe-poacher-murder.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>400</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160313/1036225585/ivory-coast-attack-alqaeda.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320010929im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103318/41/1033184153.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Al-qaeda militants" title="Al-qaeda militants" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160313/1036225585/ivory-coast-attack-alqaeda.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:30 13.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:30 13.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160313/1036225585/ivory-coast-attack-alqaeda.html">Ivory Coast Attack: Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160313/1036225585/ivory-coast-attack-alqaeda.html">Gunmen attack at a hotel in the Ivory Coast on Sunday was orchestrated by the Islamist organization al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the terrorist organization that claimed the responsibility for the attack which resulted in 11 killings and several injuries.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320010929/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160313/1036225585/ivory-coast-attack-alqaeda.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>690</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" 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