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Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on ...
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The Caucus Obama to Visit Sub-Saharan Africa in June
President Obama will make a weeklong trip to Africa this summer, the longest journey of his presidency so far to the continent of his father’s family, the White House announced on Monday. Mr. Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania from June 26 to July 3, the White House said. While he made a one-day stop in Ghana after visiting Russia and Italy in 2009, this will be his most ...
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President Ellen Sirleaf and Liberias Comeback
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, meet with Chief of Police Marc Armblah at the police academy in Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, Aug. 13, ...
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Sam Nujoma Claims Unique Strength to Defend African Integrity
Addis Ababa, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Former Namibian president Sam Nujoma, one of the founding fathers of the Organization of African Union (OAU), today urged to strengthen continental unity with a unique defensive force that guarantees its territorial integrity.Nujoma called on African countries to consolidate all the structures of the African Union (AU), heiress of the OAU created 50 years ago, ...
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Nigeria Must Get Real About Its Oil By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
The ultimate goal of every benign government, especially of countries so categorised as ‘developing’, and so intended for a keen march into 21st century modernity is to adopt global best practices as regards governance. And as regards countries with huge oil reserves, the efficient management of petroleum wealth is of utmost significance for both present and future ...
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Obama to travel to Africa in late June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July to reinforce U.S. ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the White House said on ...
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Tunisia shuts down medieval city to prevent Salafi demonstrations
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that ...
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Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again
The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest. The National Weather Service has placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours. Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...
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Syrian Rebels Suffer Setbacks From Fighting in Town Near Lebanon Border
TRIPOLI, LEBANON -- Syrian government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement have been in fierce battles in the rebel-held town of Qusair after weeks of fighting. Many wounded rebels are being treated across the nearby border in northern Lebanon. Eighteen year-old Obeida Abdel Nabi is recovering from a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen. He was hurt several days ago ...
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Nigerian Military More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured
A woman and two children stand along the Jos-Maiduguri road as they wait to board a vehicle, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, May 19, ...
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51 die in two South Sudan clashes
Twenty-four people have died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighbouring Sudan, officials say.At the same time a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people.A battle in Jonglei state on Sunday killed 20 rebel fighters and four government troops, said Colonel Philip Aguer.Aguer said ...
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Brazilian Military Leads UN Mission in Democratic Congo
Kinshasa, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz will lead the mission of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), confirmed today a government statement. The military was appointed on Sunday Commander of that force by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, replacing Indian General Chander Prakash, whose term ...
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Christians Remain Targets as Violence Grows in Nigeria
Christian groups warn that violence in Nigeria's restive northeast continues and they are the main targets. Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says its forces have successfully engaged a large number of heavily armed terrorists during the last dew days in attempt to curtail the violent encounters. To date 17 deaths have been reported, 14 suspected Islamic ...
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Tunisia PM slams hardline Islamist group
Tunisia’s Islamist government has spoken out against hardliners calling the radical group Ansar al-Sharia, terrorists. The move follows Sunday’s clashes in the city of Kairouan where members of the movement who were due to hold their annual conference, defied a ban on demonstrating. One protester died and scores were injured in the violence. ';The organisation Ansar al-Sharia ...
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Chad Johnson Released From Jail
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - In a little over a year, former NFL receiver Chad Johnson has gone from a member of the Miami Dolphins to an inmate in Broward County. Johnson was taken into custody Monday morning during a court appearance after a judge decided he had violated his probation that stemmed from a domestic violence incident with his then-wife Evelyn Lozada in ...
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Africa U.S. Ambassador Rices Message On International Day Against Homophobia
Today, as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, we rededicate ourselves to a basic but essential truth - that human rights are universal and must be protected for all. Homophobia, sadly, is present in every corner of our world. And, it is a problem we continue to face here in the United States. At the United Nations, the United States is standing up for the rights of lesbian, ...
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Rural Cameroon suffers from lack of telecommunications structure
Without access to mobile phone networks or radio broadcasts, villagers in the Ngolo tribal areas of Cameroon say that the government has forgotten them. The government has ambitious plans for development by 2035. But telecommunications projects are slow to take hold in the country's most rural ...
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Anthony Bourdain on food porn Libya and his move to CNN
Anthony Bourdain gets to travel around the world having adventures and eating great food his new network, CNN, has already ordered another season of "Parts Unknown." (Peter Kramer) Anthony Bourdain gets to travel around the world having adventures and eating great food - his new network, CNN, has already ordered another season of "Parts Unknown." Back in New York, Bourdain ...
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Zimbabwe mining chamber criticizes minerals proposals
A conveyor belt carries ore extracted at Mimosa Platinum mine about 400km south of Harare, Feb. 16, 2012. Zimbabwe's mining chamber said tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the industry. (PHILIMON ...
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Kenya Ruto fights back on luxury jet claims
Vistajet , the successful bidder, as well as those of Lady Lori Kenya Ltd, and ABM Aviation, with the last two charging slightly more money for the flights. Earlier, media reports had claimed that the Deputy President had used the plane which had been hired in a one-year contract that would cost the country at least Sh100 million. Quotations showed ...
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Kenya Residents issue ultimatum to KWS over rogue lions
lions that have left residents counting losses. About 10 cows and 15 goats from the village situated along the Mara escarpment, which overlooks the game reserve, have been killed. ...
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Kenya Report reveals half of inmates are minors
The Committee, which reported the findings after touring prisons at the Coast, observed provisions of the Children Act prohibited the incarceration of minors in the same facility with adults. POMAC officials now want to ...
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Kenya Disease wipes out 1000 animals
Pastoralists in the area have been left on their own as the Government finds it challenging to curb the spread of the disease owing to their nomadic way of life. Veterinary officials in the area led by District Veterinary officer Mr Micah Kabon, said they have carried tests on the affected goats and discovered the disease ...
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Kenya Court gets tight security after lawyer stabbed by client
Iten, Kenya: Security in and outside Iten law courts in Elgeyo/Marakwet County has been beefed up following Friday incident where an advocate was stabbed by a former client inside ...
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Kenya Road agency sets August date to complete city ring roads
The construction, being implemented through a flagship project under the Enablers and Macro Sector of the Kenya Vision 2030, will be completed on August 15. The missing link roads identified and prioritised through Nairobi Urban Transport Master Plan connects Waiyaki Way at Westlands roundabout, Lantana Road and Riverside drive to Ngong Road through Mandera Road (Kileleshwa police station). It ...
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