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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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Salafists clash with police in Tunisia after rally is banned
10/10/2012 19:23 CET Police have clashed with hardline Islamists in Tunisia after the government banned their annual rally. The Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group, who openly support Al Qaeda, were due to hold the gathering in the central city of Kairouan but told their Facebook followers to gather in the Ettadamen district of Tunis instead, where tensions boiled over. As some 500 protesters ...
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Paul Libya like Iraq
The guarding of U.S. diplomatic outposts like the consulate Benghazi in Libya should be treated like Baghdad with more military force, Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," the Kentucky Republican said his focus isn't on the Benghazi talking points, but on not guarding the outpost more heavily. That decision was a "tragic error," he ...
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Islamists Riot in Tunisia After Major Rally is Banned
Radical Islamists in Tunisia have engaged in street battles with police after authorities banned thousands of them from holding an annual conference in the center of the country. The radical activists, also known as Salafists, threw stones at Tunisian police who deployed heavily in the central town of Kairouan to prevent them from gathering on Sunday. Police responded to the stone throwers by ...
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The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria By Prince Charles Dickson
By Prince Charles Dickson The Edos say "Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan". A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen who prevents it from performing its art during the day. (English) When my son was a baby one of his scary moments was seeing a ...
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Clashes in Tunisia over banned rally
Kairouan, Tunisia - Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to ...
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A High-Level Human Rights Delegation to Visit Morocco
Manama, May 19. (BNA) -- A high-level delegation from the Human Rights Affairs Ministry, led by Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman, is set to visit Morocco from May 20 to 23, at the invitation of the Inter-ministerial Delegation on Human Rights there. The delegation, including representatives from the Interior Ministry, the Public Prosecution and the Human Rights ...
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Algeria censors dailies over Bouteflika coma reports
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to France for further medical tests after suffering a minor stroke. File photo: Louafi Larbi, ...
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After crushing Mali Islamists France pushes deal with Tuaregs
BAMAKO (Reuters) - After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg ...
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Royal Courts Minister receives Bahraini ambassador to Morocco
Manama, May 19 (BNA) - The Royal Court's Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa today received Bahraini newly appointed ambassador to Morocco Khalid bin Salman bin Jabr. The Royal Court's Minister welcomed the Bahraini ambassador and wished him success in his new diplomatic mission. MJ m.a BNA 1058 GMT ...
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Clashes with protesters erupt in Tunisias Kairouan
Tunisia (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired teargas on Sunday at supporters of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia who were throwing stones at officers in the central city of Kairouan, in protest that a rally there by the group was barred by the government. (Writing by Tarek Amara; Editing by Alison ...
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Boosting Ethiopia’s economy one shoe at a time
';You don't build your economy based on aid, you want to build your economy based on the way SoleRebels built its business, so that it's sustainable,'; Bethlehem told ...
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God has chosen Ghana as a model for Africa - Rev Prof Agbozo
Accra, May 19, GNA - The Reverend Professor Enoch Immanuel A. Agbozo, Head Pastor of Ghana Evangelical Society (GES) said on Saturday that God has chosen Ghana as new model for ...
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Microsoft poised to invest in promising ICT experts in Ghana
Accra, May 18, GNA - Microsoft is poised to invest in the young and promising Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts who are willing to transform Ghana through the power of ...
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Arab Aatomic Energy Conf. Opens in Tunisia
Tunisia, May 19 (BNA) - The conference of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) started here , with representatives from AAEA member countries participating. In a keynote speech, the head of the conference Abdulrahman Al-Arfaj said to achieve development in Arab countries, fresh reliable energy sources should be found. He said the growth of nuclear energy and nuclear technology applications is ...
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Tunisia Agreement On Compensation for Victims of Dictatorship
Tunis - An agreement on the compensation for the victims of dictatorship was reached, President of the commission of the martyrs and wounded of the revolution and reactivation of general amnesty in the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Yamina Zoghlami said. This agreement came after a meeting held, on Saturday in Tunis, between the members of the commission and representatives of the ...
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Nigeria Gunmen Attack Police Stations Banks in Daura
Gunmen, Thursday night attacked two police stations and four banks in Daura town, carting away millions of naira and a number of weapons. JTF spokesperson, Capt Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed that four of the attackers were killed by soldiers and three soldiers were also killed in the attack. Iweha said soldiers who repelled the assailants had recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 393 rounds of different ...
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Tunisia Hizb At-Tahrir Calls On Ansar Al-Sharia to Defer Its Congress
Tunis - The Hizb at-Tahrir, Saturday, called on the "Ansar al-Sharia" movement to postpone its congress scheduled Sunday in Kairouan. "After analysing the political reality, it has become virtually certain that the congress of "Ansar al-Sharia" will turn into bloody clashes," the party warned in a ...
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Tunisia No Meeting Concerning Ansar Al-Sharia Has Taken Place in Carthage Palace
Tunis - Spokesman of the Presidency of the Republic Adnen Mansar denied, on Saturday, the information relayed by some media, on the holding of several meetings in Carthage palace to ease tensions and avoid possible problems and disputes concerning the congress of Ansar al-Sharia scheduled on Sunday in Kairouan. "Until yesterday (Friday), the role of the Presidency of the Republic was ...
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Sudan Appeal to Sudan Government - Fair Trial for Blue Nile Detainees
Damazin - The Human Rights Development Organisation (HUDO) has appealed to the international diplomatic and humanitarian community to put pressure on the Sudanese government "to conduct a transparent and fair trial" for 85 detainees who have been held without trial for more than a year in the Blue Nile state. In a statement on Friday, HUDO said that the detainees are part of a group ...
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Tunisia Intmin Bans Islamist Group Ansar Al-Chariaa From Gathering in Kairouan
Tunis - The Interior Ministry banned on Friday Salafist movement Ansar al-Chariaa from holding an annual meeting on Sunday in the city of Kairouan. "Whoever tries to cause any harm to the State and its structures, sow chaos and disorder, destabilise the country or incite to violence and hatred, will assume his full responsibility," the Interior Ministry specifies in a communique. It ...
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Tunisia Turkey Pledges to Promote Tunisias Destination
Carthage - Chairmen of Tourism Professional Chambers and the Turkish Travel Agencies Federation pledged on Friday to launch a promotional campaign to better introduce Tunisia's assets, which according to them "is a charming and attractive destination to tourists." During a meeting with President Moncef Marzouki, the Turkish officials expressed will to assist Tunisia in matters of ...
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Tunisia PM to Attend Doha International Forum
Tunis - Prime Minister Ali Larayedh will pay a two-day visit to Qatar as of Sunday. He will have a series of talks with Qatari leaders to look at means to strengthen co-operation and partnership relations. Mr. Larayedh will attend the 13th session of the Doha International Forum, according to a Prime Ministry communique released on Friday. Several heads of State and government, political ...
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Tunisia AD Hoc Commission to Speed Up Recovery of Assets Abroad
Tunis - Speeding up the procedures of the recovery of properties and asserts abroad will be the task of an ad hoc commission created to this effect, a Prime Ministry's statement published on Friday reads. After a meeting of the Higher Council of Fight Against Corruption and Recovery of State's Assets and Properties, under the chairmanship of Interim Prime Minister Ali Laaraydh, it was ...
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North Africa Instability Affects European Energy Security
According to the International Energy Agency, Algeria's oil is still suffering from the four-day siege on the In Amenas gas plant in January. (Photo: ...
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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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