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Crisis pending in South Sudan ICRC says
Ongoing violence in parts of South Sudan has the potential to create a humanitarian disaster given the number of people fleeing their homes, the ICRC said. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday it was growing concerned about the status of civilians in Jonglei. Five members of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan were killed in April while on patrol on Jonglei, the ...
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Finally credible elections for Nigeria
Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad ...
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Rush to recognise South Sudan
Headed by the US and (north) Sudan, there is an international rush to announce that South Sudan will be recognised as an independent state as soon as independence is declared in ...
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Cameroon new gorillas need protection
A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living ...
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Fujairah Crown Prince receives Sudanese Ambassador and Consuls General of Algeria Tajikistan Singapore
WAM FUJAIRAH, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, has received in his office at the Emiri Court, the Sudanese Ambassador to the UAE, Ahmed Sadeeq Abdul Hai, who paid a courtesy visit at the end of his tenure in the country. Sheikh Mohammed wished the Sudanese Ambassador success in his new assignment. Sheikh Mohammed also ...
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Bodour Al Qasimi participates in WIPO diplomatic conference in Morocco
WAM SHARJAH, June 19th 2013 (WAM) -- Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi has highlighted the importance of providing all means of intellectual support to people with special needs across the world and facilitating their access to books as they form an essential part of the community and must be afforded every right to develop themselves and their cognitive abilities. Sheikha Bodour made ...
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France We can start bombing Libya tonight
The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of ...
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Nigeria will probably pay 6 pct yield for Eurobond - analysts
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:59pm EDT * Yields on Nigeria bonds risen sharply recently * Nigeria on roadshow to market $1 bln Eurobond * Eurobond timing and tenor yet to be agreed By Chijioke Ohuocha and Sujata Rao LAGOS/LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria will likely have to pay around 6 percent for a 10-year maturity on its $1 billion Eurobond if it goes ahead with the issue after a debt meeting with ...
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Lebanese Men Accused of Terrorism Sue Nigeria for $25 Million
ABUJA, NIGERIA -- Four Lebanese men accused of being Hezbollah members remain imprisoned in Nigeria after a court dismissed weapons and terrorism related charges against them on a technicality. The men are suing the government for nearly $25 million for unlawful detention, but lawyers say the government also may present new charges Friday in a higher court. This story started in May with a ...
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Confederations Cup Nigeria and Uruguay to battle for second spot in Group B
Before the Confederations Cup, Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi looked at the schedule and knew his team's meeting with Uruguay would be a must-win if they wanted to advance past the group stage. Peter Powell / ...
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World Salva Kiir sacks top South Sudan officials
Mr Kiir had ordered them to appear before an investigation committee "to answer queries relating to the transfer" of nearly $8m (5m) to a firm called Daffy Investments Group Limited, it ...
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Forlan Eyes 100th Uruguay Cap in Key Game Against Nigeria
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U.N. Compound in Somalia Is Attacked
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Mali government signs cease-fire accord with rebels
Mali's government signed a cease-fire accord with Tuareg rebels Tuesday, paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled West African state next month.The agreement, reached after 10 days of tense negotiations, will enable Malian troops to enter the Tuareg-held city of Kidal in the northeast to secure polls scheduled to take place on July 28.The two sides agreed to halt ...
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Minister Ghana needs to revamp railway sector
Accra, June 19, GNA - Public Private Partnership (PPP) is needed in the investment drive to revamp Ghana's railway system that has collapsed, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, Minister of Transport, said on ...
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Ghana NGO Games fixed for Oct. 5
Accra, June 19, GNA - The first ever Ghana Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Games will take place on Saturday, October 5 at the El-Wak ...
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Ghana’s Active Population Drops
Dr. Philomena Nyarko The proportion of economically-active persons in Ghana has been declining since 1984, a new report by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said. From 82.5 percent in 1984, the number of economically-active persons reduced to 74.7 percent in 2000 and 71.1 in 2010. About 70 percent of Ghana's population, aged 15 and above, were economically-active whereas 28.9 percent ...
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Mali Peace Agreement Paves Way for Presidential Election
Dioncounda Traor, Interim President of the Republic of Mali, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 01 June 2013 in Yokohama, Japan (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) The Malian government and armed groups in the country’s Northern Kidal region have signed a preliminary peace agreement in Ouagadougou. The agreement comes as Liberian troops were preparing to leave for Mali to assist the Africa ...
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Chad Johnson Reveals Lessons He Learned After Jail Time
Johnson upset Judge Kathleen McHugh in a Broward County, Fla. courthouse when he patted his lawyer's behind following a plea deal from a domestic dispute case working in his favor. While the judge sentenced Johnson to 30 days in jail, he only had to serve seven of them after apologizing to the judge.The flamboyant football star admitted that he learned from his mistakes while appearing on ...
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United Nations compound in Somalias capital attacked by Qaeda-linked gunmen
Somali National Government soldiers are seen after al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 19, ...
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Nigeria Displaced Fulani families in Birnin Gwari district due to bandit attacks
northern Nigeria by armed bandits – made up partly of disgruntled Fulani who themselves have lost cattle – are threatening herds and upping tensions in northern Nigeria. Gangs of heavily armed bandits prowl the vast Dajin Rugu forest which spans several hundred square kilometres across Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states and Niger State in central Nigeria, according to Fulani ...
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Ghana Ghanas Hunger Reduction Thrills FAO
FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva has formally recognized 38 countries including Ghana for reducing hunger by half well ahead of international targets for the year 2015. During a high-level ceremony attended by several heads of state, 18 countries received diplomas for early achievement of targets set by both Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG1) -- to halve the proportion of hungry ...
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Mali reaches peace deal with rebels
A peace agreement between the Malian government and nomadic Tuareg rebels opens the door to political progress, the U.N. secretary-general said. The Malian government reached a peace deal with the rebel group during negotiations in neighboring Burkina Faso. A statement issued through U.N. ...
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Gadhafi left scar on Libya U.N. told
Decades of authoritarian rule in Libya has left a legacy that is difficult to overcome even with democratic reforms, the U.N. special envoy to Libya said. U.N. special envoy Tarek Mitri briefed members of the Security Council on the challenges facing post-war Libya. NATO forces in 2011 intervened in Libya's civil war. Conflict abated with the October 2011 death of Libyan leader Moammar ...
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14 dead 15 hurt in attack on U.N. compound in Somalia
The death toll has risen to at least 14 in an attack by al-Shabaab gunmen Wednesday on a U.N. compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, officials say. At least 15 others were wounded, CNN reported. The dead included four U.N. employees, three women civilians and seven militants, said Abdikarim Hussein Guled, the country's interior and national security minister. One attacker blew himself up at 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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