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Nigeria Year After Church Bombings Kaduna Struggles to Rebuild
ABUJA - Sectarian violence has plagued central Nigeria for decades and tens of thousands of people have been killed. Many mosques and churches are still rubble and in some cities the population has segregated itself out of fear. It is the first anniversary of triple church bombings that sparked sectarian riots in the central city of Kaduna. There is no roof on this mosque in Kaduna and no walls ...
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South Sudan Theft From S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from Kiir's ...
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North Africa AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commanders Death in Mali
The militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is reported to have confirmed the death of one of its top commanders. The Mauritanian news agency ANI says it received a statement from the militant group, saying that Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed while fighting French and Chadian troops in northern Mali. The statement says other jihadists also were killed in the clash, including another ...
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Africa AU Says Africa Should Move Toward Prosperity
GENEVA - A top African Union official says Africa has everything it needs to move toward a prosperous future and to become a leading player in global affairs. AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says Africa has many hurdles to overcome, but she remains optimistic that the continent is up to the task. The African Union is celebrating its 50th anniversary. AU Commission Chairperson ...
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Africa UN - Dont Let Our Future Dry Up
Water covers most of our planet, but only about two and a half percent of it is freshwater. And of that small amount, U.N. experts say, "The total useable supply for ecosystems and humans is less than one percent." This year's World Day to Combat Desertification slogan is: Don't Let Our Future Dry Up. "Desertification, and particularly drought, is one of the major ...
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Refugees leave Nigeria for Niger Cameroon U.N. says
The United Nations said Tuesday an ongoing crisis in Nigeria has caused more than 6,000 refugees to flee to neighboring Niger and Cameroon. A statement from the United Nations said in recent weeks, "anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity" have uprooted thousands during a state of emergency declared in May in Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. "Crossings of ...
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African nations set negotiations on planned Nile dam
A controversial dam on the Nile River will be the subject of negotiations by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, foreign ministers of the countries announced Tuesday. The negotiations will deal with the political and technical aspects of dividing the river's waters between the countries, Egypt's Ahram Online reported. The $4.2 billion dam is planned by Ethiopia to power a hydroelectric plant. ...
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World Brief | Africa Six Men Sentenced for Attacking Sufi Shrine in Tunisia
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US House Wont Consider Immigration Bill Unless Republicans Back It
People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 18, ...
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US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program
CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN -- The Food for Peace program costs about $1.5 billion annually and provides U.S.-grown food to countries in need. But President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes changes to the 59-year-old program - replacing some commodity shipments with direct cash purchases in foreign countries. While some aid agencies welcome the proposed changes, farmers and millers in ...
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Iranians Observers Wonder How Rowhani Was Allowed to Win
W hen tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to celebrate Hassan Rowhani's presidential victory last weekend, one chant stood out: "Dictator! Thank you!" In the back of their minds, the protesters must have been asking themselves the same thing surprised Iran observers are wondering: Why would Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the "dictator" who has ...
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How to travel to Africa for under $100M
The president and first lady will begin an 8-day trip to Africa on June 26, stopping in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Obama will meet with government figures as well as leaders from the business, civil society and youth communities. The administration says the visit highlights the importance of close U.S. ties to sub-Saharan Africa.Source: Washington ...
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Illegal mining will not affect Ghana - China relations
Accra, June 18, GNA - Mr Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese Ambassador in Ghana, on Tuesday said that illegal gold mining by some Chinese nationals would not affect the relationship between the two ...
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Ghana makes progress in multi-party pluralism – Mahama
Accra, June 18, GNA - President John Dramani Mahama has said the government had made steady progress over the past 20 years of multi-party pluralism to enhance accountability, transparency and ...
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Four Togolese arrested in Ghana for illegal mining
According to Inspector Adu Gyamfi, the officer in-charge of the Kyekyewere Police Station in the Central Region, the seven were arrested last Thursday afternoon after he led a patrol team to the mining ...
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Ghana Revenue Authority destroys smuggled goods
Zuarungu (UE) June 18, GNA - The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper East Region, at the weekend destroyed seized goods worth ...
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British Government to support Ghana
Accra, June 18, GNA - President John Mahama has struck a deal with the British Government to transform Accra into an international financial ...
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Act Alliance Ghana Forum donates to flood victims
Accra, June 18, GNA - The Act Alliance Ghana Forum, a coalition of Churches and benevolent organizations, have presented relief items worth 50,000 dollars to over 1,000 flood victims in five districts of the Northern ...
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Ethiopia admit to fielding suspended player
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) have admitted to fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier and could be docked three points as a ...
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Gaddafi son accuses Libya of blatant disregard for law over trial attempt
Muammar Gaddafi , has accused the authorities in his country of showing a "blatant disregard" for the international criminal court (ICC) by announcing they will put him on trial in August.In an urgent submission to the Hague-based court, the British lawyer John Jones asked appeal judges to ...
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Nigeria Is Caught Between Military Abuses and Islamist Rebels
Nigerian Army soldiers stand as part of preparations for deployment to Mali, at the Nigerian Army peacekeeping centre in Jaji, near Kaduna on January 17, 2013. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) A month after President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency on northern Nigeria, the first eyewitness accounts are only now emerging about the Nigerian military's brutality. The state of ...
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China says Ghanas arrest of its miners will not harm relations
ACCRA (Reuters) - China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on ...
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UN says 2 children of Libyas Gadhafi moved to Oman in apparent violation of UN travel ban
A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and Mohammed Gadhafi ...
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Southern Africa Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay
JOHANNESBURG - Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ...
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Zambia Zambia Opposition Demands Inquiry Into Violent Attacks
Zambian opposition parties are calling for an independent investigation into violence allegedly carried out by a militia group affiliated with President Michael Sata's ruling Patriotic Front (PF). "We are making a demand on the police to be professional, investigate what is going on and let us know whether this government wants to govern by violence, so that we can make up our minds ...
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