Escaped lion shot dead in Nigeria

An American teacher is gunned down by unknown assailants while jogging in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say

A Somali MP is assassinated outside a mosque in Somalia's capital by Islamist militants - the fifth parliamentarian to be killed this year.

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4 Zambians shot dead in Tanzania
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FOUR Zambians have been shot dead by police in Tanzania, where they allegedly staged a robbery and snatched 400 million shillings (about K1.6 million). Muchinga Province deputy commissioner of police Peter Bubenshi said the four were killed on ...
Four Zambian suspected criminals gunned down at Tuduma, TanzaniaLusaka Times

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Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame is shot dead in Mogadishu by Islamist militants.

Six Egyptian soldiers are shot dead at a checkpoint in the Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khaymah, state media report.

A moderate Muslim cleric is shot dead by gunmen in the Kenyan port of Mombasa - the fourth preacher to be killed in the city this year.

A northern Nigerian traditional leader, the emir of Gwoza, is shot dead after his convoy comes under from suspected Boko Haram militants.

At least eight people have died in shootings in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, an administrator has said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit the city since a disputed presidential election.

A Briton who was shot dead in Libya is named by the UK Foreign Office as energy worker Mark De Salis, who had been working in Tripoli for six years.