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05 March 2023   |   10:20 am
Nigeria declares Bola Tinubu the new president-elect, but the opposition say the election was rigged. In Italy, there's sadness and anger over the deaths of dozens of migrants in a shipwreck. French football federation president Noël Le Graët resigns, but announces he'll be filing a lawsuit for defamation against the French sports minister.

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