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Double bombing in Niger may have links to Algeria attack
A note purporting to be from former Al Qaeda operative Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for bombings at military camp and uranium mine in Niger. Belmokhtar plotted deadly attacks on Western firms in Algeria, and was thought to be killed in early ...
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Tunisia - Program to protect journalists human rights defenders launched in Tunisia
ARTICLE 19 is to launch a programme to protect journalists and human rights defenders in Tunisa, following a series of meetings with media workers and civil society groups in the country.Three consultation events were held in Tunis between 15 and 17 May 2013 to discuss the training needs of those who speak publicly about matters of public importance, in order to ensure their safety.The first ...
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Tunisia recovers $5 million yacht belonging to ex-dictators brother-in-law
The 5 Fishes, a 32-meter yacht that belonged to Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, is anchored in Goulette harbor, outside Tunis, Friday May 24, 2013. The boat was shown to media after being returned to Tunisia by the government of Spain, where it was seized in February. It is valued at $5 million.(AP Photo/Hassene ...
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France Libya to announce new security moves in wake of terror attacks in neighbouring Niger
PARIS - France's foreign minister says Libya is poised to announce new security initiatives in coming weeks, amid recent instability in the North African country and concerns that its vast south could become a haven for al-Qaida-linked terror groups. Laurent Fabius said Friday he spoke with Libya's prime minister following deadly, simultaneous terror attacks in neighbouring Niger a ...
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Nigerias military says it has rescued women and children held hostage by Islamic extremists
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. The claim Friday by Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade could not be independently confirmed. Olukolade said the army freed three women and six children who had been in a propaganda video by the extremist network Boko Haram. A Boko Haram video seen by ...
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Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north
ABUJA, Nigeria -; Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police ...
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Cuban Parlmt President in Ethiopia for African Celebration
Addis Ababa, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's People's Power National Assembly (Parliament) President Esteban Lazo has arrived in Ethiopia to participate in the festivities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Lazo traveled to Addis Ababa, permanent headquarters of the AU, a successor institute of the OAU, and was received at the Bole ...
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Whistleblowers Not Enough Done to Stop Libya Attack
Three witnesses from the State Department told a House panel not enough was done to prevent the deaths of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans in the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. "None of us should ever again experience what we went through in Tripoli and Benghazi," Gregory Hicks, the former deputy of mission in Libya, ...
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Ghana Hope City Moves to Prampram
After a lot of business insight and expert advice, Hope City Limited (the company incorporated to execute and manage the HOPE City Project) has decided to relocate the proposed multi-billion dollar ICT enclave, better known as the HOPE City Project. The project will now be sited at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region, instead of the initial location of Dunkuna on the Accra-Kasoa Road. The ...
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Dr. Salah Ali Meets with the Chairman of the Central Authority for the Prevention of Bribery in Morocco
Rabat, May 24. (BNA) - On the sidelines of the on-going visit of the Bahraini official human rights delegation to Morocco, Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman met here today with the Chairman of the Central Authority for the Prevention of Bribery Abdesselam Aboudrar. Dr. Salah Ali praised the solid deep-rooted Bahraini-Moroccan ties of fraternity and cooperation, and was ...
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Newmont Ghana To Double Gold Production
The General Manager in-charge of Operations at Newmont Ghana's Ahafo Mine, Joep Coenen, has revealed that the company's decision to construct another mill was part of Newmont Africa's growth plan to increase the production of gold in Ahafo. According to him, the mill expansion, if successful, will increase the Ahafo Mine's gold production from the current 550,000 – ...
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Nigeria Senate Discusses Urgent Need for Rivers Dredging
This program will include: urgent need for dredging and desilting of the River Niger, the Cross River, River Benue and other inland waterways in Nigeria; and accordingly resolved to mandate the relevant Committees of the Senate to ascertain the level of preparedness of the Ministries in tackling this menace. The Senate commenced the consideration of the NOSDRA amendment Bill Committee Report. ...
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Cote dIvoire Rape Plagues Ivory Coast Long After Conflicts End
Bouake, Ivory Coast - Two years since Ivory Coast's post-election violence came to an end, rape remains a problem throughout the country. Though such attacks are now occurring outside the context of armed conflict, they show that the security situation for the country's women remains bleak. On a recent Saturday morning, Durand Coffi delivered instructions to a moving crew as they ...
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Nigeria Doctors Without Borders Shuts Clinic in Northern Nigeria
Abuja - Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now under assault by government troops. The decision comes after five gunmen hijacked an aid vehicle on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Doctors without Borders moved into Baga, a town where thousands of homes were burnt to the ground and hundreds of ...
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South Sudan President Says Never to ICC
Juba, South Sudan - South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never accept" the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to South Sudan since ...
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Ghana Strong Impetus for Sino-Ghanaian Relations
On May 3, the first turbine of the Bui Hydroelectric Power Station in the Republic of Ghana, financed and built by China, started generating electricity, adding 133 megawatts to Ghana's electricity grid. Funded with a concessional loan and buyer's credit by the China Export-Import Bank and constructed by the China Sinohydro Corporation, the Bui Hydroelectric Power Station, with a ...
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Kerry goes to Ethiopia for security talks African Union anniversary
John Kerry 's agenda on a trip to Ethiopia. The State Department said Kerry's three-day visit, beginning Friday in Addis Ababa, would include meetings with senior Ethiopian officials, Voice of America reported. Discussions were expected to include efforts to battle Islamic extremists in countries such as Mali and northern Nigeria, the State Department said. On Saturday, Kerry will ...
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Human Rights Minister Meets with the Chairman of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council
Rabat, May 24. (BNA) - On the sidelines of the on-going visit of the Bahraini official human rights delegation to Morocco, Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman met here today with the Chairman of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council (NHRC) Idris Al-Yazmi, in the presence of and NHRC's members, as well as former members of the Equity and Reconciliation ...
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Responding To The Challenge Of Sex Work In Ghana
Sex work by definition is any transaction in which sex is exchanged for money or gifts.The consistent and persistent focus by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) and its partners on high impact HIV interventions for sex workers in Ghana over the years is gradually paying off. In 2006, HIV sero-prevalence among sex workers was 38 per cent and this reduced to 25 per cent in 2008 and in 2011, it has ...
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South Sudan Marrying Off South Sudans Girls for Cows
Juba - "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from South Sudan's Jonglei state. Deng's attitude is a widespread one here as the practice of child marriage is still supported in many South Sudanese communities, where girls are seen as a source of wealth because of the bride price families are ...
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Sudan Sudan Regrets Juba Statements As Kiir Reaffirms His Top Priority to Kenyan Pipeline
Khartoum/Juba - Sudan's foreign ministry regretted statements issued by South Sudanese officials claiming that oil flow was deliberately blocked for political reasons, while in Juba president Salva Kiir reaffirmed that an alternative pipeline through Kenya remains his top priority. Khartoum and Juba agreed since last March to resume oil production and its exportation though a Sudanese ...
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Liberia China Expresses Interest in Mt. Wologizi
The Government of the People's Republic of China says the controversial Wologizi Mountain in Lofa County remains its vested area of investment in Liberia. Chinese Ambassador to Liberia Zhao Jianhua said even though no formal negotiation has been made yet, but his country has expressed interest in the mountain. "Wologizi remains one of China's interests, but it has to be ...
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Somalia Deadly Battles in Central Somalia Between Al Shabaab and Nomads
Beledweyne - Heavy fighting erupted on Thursday in central Somalia after Al Shabaab militants attacked nomadic communities, Garowe Online reports. Local reports say Al Shabaab militants "killed a number of nomads" in a village approximately 50km west of Beledweyne, capital of Hiran region, after a dispute as Al Shabaab wanted to collect some of the nomad's livestock as ...
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Sudan Sudan Demanded Kiir to Close Business Offices Held By Rebel Groups - Official
Khartoum - Sudan dismissed on Thursday statements by president Salav Kiir saying that Khartoum had asked him to expel all the Sudanese traders working in Juba. On Monday, the South Sudanese president said Khartoum asked him to expel all the Sudanese traders working in Juba. He pointed out that there is no progress in the normalization process with Sudan ,adding that the latter continues to hold ...
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Tunisia Haica Skeptical About Draft Constitution Articles 121 and 119
Tunis - Members of the Independent High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) voiced skepticism on Thursday about articles 121 and 119 of the draft Constitution. During a meeting with National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar, they considered that article 119 providing for the method of appointing members of the next media authority does not provide all the ...
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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