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Journalist found dead in eastern Congo as threats to media increase
GOMA, Congo - The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him further as it was very decomposed ...
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Nigeria military 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as campaign continues
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighbourhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas of ...
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Algeria pilots strike grounds national carrier
ALGIERS (AFP) - Air Algerie planes were grounded for several hours on Saturday when the national carrier's pilots staged a wildcat strike over pay, officials in the North African country said.Air Algerie said in a statement that the strike caused delays for the airline and other carriers that lasted a few hours until normal operations resumed in the afternoon, after negotiations between ...
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Tanzania Mwakyembe Spits Fire At Port Staff
Dodoma - THE Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe last evening gave a two week ultimatum to Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to automate the payment system and curb rampant theft of public money at the port. He directed the TPA Director General, Director of Finance and Administration or IT Manager to ensure that the computerised payment system is working by June 1 or submit resignation ...
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Tanzania Pension Funds Stable Assures Jk
Dodoma - PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete on Friday allayed public fears that pension funds were cash strapped, noting that they were doing far better than ever. Speaking at the climax of the Pension Funds week on Friday, the president pledged that the government would pay all money it owes pension funds so that they are able to do their work effectively including paying the retired elderly. His ...
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Somalia Aweys Blames Al Shabaab Chief for Targeting Foreign Fighters
Mogadishu - In an audio recording distributed to Somali media on Friday, high-ranking Al Shabaab member Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has blamed Al Shabaab chief Ahmed Abdi Godane for "targeting foreign fighters" and for "unilateral decisions" that led to the militant group losing territory to Somali government forces aided by AMISOM peacekeepers, Garowe Online reports. Sheikh ...
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Zimbabwe Two Groups Win Big in Cook Off Competition
SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED products company Tiger Brands is giving back to its local customers by engaging in different community service projects in Zimbabwe. Tiger Brands Zimbabwe projects co-ordinator Gwen Mpeiwa expressed gratitude at the overwhelming support from the local market during the Fatti's and Moni's Pasta Cook Off held in Harare last weekend. "Over the weekend, we had a ...
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Man dies in Tunisia after setting himself alight
Adel Kedhri (27) set himself on fire in the centre of Tunis on Tuesday and died in hospital on Wednesday. "This young man is already dead", a medical source in Mourouj Hospital told Reuters. The act recalled the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose death in December 2010 led to a revolt in Tunisia that spread across the Arab world. The economic and social problems that fuelled ...
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Turmoil erupts as Tunisias prime minister resigns
Tunisia's political uncertainty continued on Tuesday after the moderate Islamist prime minister resigned following his failure to appoint a technocrat, caretaker government to end the long-running political crisis. The political stalemate prompted an international ratings agency to downgrade Tunisia's credit rating, putting further strain on its struggling economy. Jebali's move ...
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Tunisia PM unveils new coalition government
Larayedh on Friday said the government would serve only until an election is held before the end of the year. The new government is led by the Ennahda party, backed by the centre-left Ettakatol and the secular Congress for the Republic led by President Moncef Marzouki – the same parties that were in the previous cabinet. Larayedh replaced Hamadi Jebali, who stepped down after the ...
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Curfew in place as Nigeria presses Boko Haram insurgents
The Nigerian military Saturday ordered a partial curfew in the city of Maiduguri amid a government offensive against Islamist militants. The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region that has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram guerrilla movement. The military said in a written statement it had the rebels on the run ...
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Cardinal Onaiyekan Nigeria is in Jeopardy
Nigerian Prelates Meet With European Union Representatives to Discuss Rise in Corruption and ViolenceBy John NewtonROME, May 03, 2013 (Zenit.org) - NIGERIA'S leading bishop has told the European Parliament and other politicians that his country is being jeopardised by "the twin monsters of corruption and insecurity".In a meeting organized by Aid to the Church in Need, Cardinal ...
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US Military Officials Call Sex Abuse In Ranks Serious Problem
Top U.S. military officials have vowed to root out sexual abuse, a persistent problem in all branches of the armed forces. The victims of sexual battery, harassment and stalking are mostly female members of the military, but gay men and others also have reported assaults. In some cases, the perpetrators turned out to be officers tasked with preventing abuse. Sexual misconduct in the ranks ...
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Nigerian Military Says It Captured Dozens of Boko Haram Militants
ABUJA -- Less than five days after the Nigerian armed forces began a massive attack on militants in the north, Nigeria's Department of Defense says 65 suspected Boko Haram militants have been arrested and ten have been killed. The Nigerian military says Boko Haram militants are fleeing their camps. Some are in search of fuel while others are running from the armed forces that are ...
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Opinion War is over but hard work in Somalia begins
Somalia out of the abyss of lawlessness, the latest attempt has been the most successful. The war is virtually over but the hard work of reconstructing the country begins. Igad member countries and especially the countries that sent in troops will be tested by the power struggles that are already emerging. Setting up governance structures and leadership that is acceptable to the majority of the ...
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Cuban Vice President Cabrisas Tours Angola Culture-Historical Sites
Luanda, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas, who is on a working visit to Angola, visited here today Dr. Antnio Agostinho Neto Memorial and the Museum of Military History. Accompanied by the Ambassador of Cuba in Angola, Gisela Garcia, the senior official received explanations on the value of the pieces they cherish in their rooms of ...
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Tunisia increases security as Salafists vow to defy ban
There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan on Saturday, where the Salafists vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, Agence France-Presse correspondents reported. Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns, with special attention paid to men with beards – as sported by ...
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Kerry urges Nigeria to respect human rights in Boko Haram offensive
Female student stands in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private nursery, primary and secondary school burnt by the Islamist group Boko Haram to keep children away from school in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on May 12, 2012. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty ...
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Da Silva leads Zambia Open
Johannesburg – Adilson da Silva made three bogeys before the turn at Lusaka Golf Club on Saturday, but the Brazilian fought back with a potent second loop and claimed a one-stroke lead at the Zambia ...
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Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- Officials in Ivory Coast say the military has detained a militia leader accused of grave crimes during the country's 2010-11 postelection violence whose forces had been illegally occupying a national ...
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Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's top oil ...
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Somalia President Hassan - the Current Political Scramble Is What the Government Cautioned
Mogadishu (Sh.M.Network) the president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during the opening ceremony of an educational center funded by the Turkish government touched on the situation of the Juba regions. The president said that his government was in the process of reconciliation process between communities living in the region for the past 5 months and warned of any ...
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Somalia Government Claims Victory in Bakol Fighting
El Barde - News sources from El Barde in Bakol region report that a fierce battle occurred today at a place not far from the town of El Bar between government forces and Alshabab militia. Colonel Hassan Baidoa the commander of government forces in Bai and Bakol region who contacted Shabelle media in Mogadishu said that Alshabab militia launched an attack at a government base near the town. The ...
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South Africa South Africa Welcomes Prof Cyril Karabus
South Africa: Statement By the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Marius Fransman, On the Occasion of Welcoming Prof. Cyril Karabus to South Africa, Cape Town International ...
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Somalia Jubaland Leaders Host IGAD Committee in Kismayo Meeting
Kismayo - A delegation from the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) arrived Saturday in the Somali southern port city of Kismayo and was warmly received by Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) in Kismayo, Garowe Online reports. The delegation, led by IGAD General Secretary Mahboub Maalim, plans to hold meetings with Jubaland leaders and community elders in ...
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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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