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  2. Crocodile attack - Wikipedia

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    On March 15, 2009, 11-year-old Briony Goodsell was killed by a crocodile when swimming with friends at Lambell's Lagoon near Humpty Doo in Northern Territory. 2010s. In April 2010, a 25-year-old woman from New Jersey was killed by a saltwater crocodile while snorkeling in India's Andaman Islands.

  3. Persecution of people with albinism - Wikipedia

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    After 2015 when Tanzania enacted tougher steps against violence against albinos, Malawi has seen a "steep upsurge in killings" with 18 reported killings since November 2014, and the likely toll being higher because of missing persons and unreported murders. President Peter Mutharika has formed a committee to study the situation.

  4. Women in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Women in Tanzania. Roles, livelihoods, and the safety of women in Tanzania have improved significantly since the 20th century, made evident by the seating of Samia Suluhu Hassan – their first female president. Though throwbacks to a once strongly patriarchal society remain (particularly in regard to certain marital laws that favour Islamic ...

  5. Battle of Ramree Island - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Ramree Island ( Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the Second World War as part of the offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps . Ramree Island, part of ...

  6. Hendrik Coetzee - Wikipedia

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    Adventurer, tour leader. Employer. Kayak the Nile [2] Television. The Longest River [3] Website. greatwhiteexplorer .blogspot .com. Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee (c. 1975 – 7 December 2010) was a South African outdoorsman and author. [4] [5] He was killed after being taken by a crocodile in December 2010.

  7. Woman, 5-month-old baby reportedly eaten by crocodile in Uganda

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    A woman and her five-month-old baby were killed and eaten by a crocodile in Uganda, Africa, a local news outlet has reported. Jesca Kabiira, a resident of Rwebigongoro in Uganda's Kagadi district ...

  8. Tsavo Man-Eaters - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of large man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway between March and December 1898. The lion pair was said to have killed dozens of people, with some early estimates reaching over a hundred deaths.

  9. Nile crocodile - Wikipedia

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    Crocodylus vulgaris Cuvier, 1802. The Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic ...