Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air raids ‘kill militants’
At least 30 militants have been killed during air raids on their training camps in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps. He told the BBC that a plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire but had managed to return to base. States [...]
Mauritania leader Abdelaziz ‘accidentally’ shot Mr Abdelaziz’s life is apparently not in danger Continue reading the main story Related Stories General wins Mauritania election Thousands protest in Mauritania Mauritania profile Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has been shot and wounded in what officials say was an accident. They say he is now being treated for [...]
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Ghana’s former first lady Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has been nominated as a candidate for the December presidential poll. She cut ties with the ruling party, founded by her husband, in order to run. Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the wife of Ghana’s ex-president, Jerry Rawlings, split from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party that her husband founded in [...]
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The funeral of Ghana’s John Atta Mills drew thousands It’s rare for the leader of a country to die in office. Since 2008, it’s happened 13 times worldwide – but 10 of those leaders have been African. Why is it so much more common in this one continent? Large crowds carrying candles ran [...]
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Angola has extradited 37 Chinese nationals, accused of extortion, kidnappings, armed robberies and running prostitution rings. The suspects will now face trial in China They allegedly targeted other Chinese, kidnapping businessmen for ransom and sometimes burying victims alive. They lured women to Angola, promising well-paid jobs, but then forced them into prostitution, Chinese police said. [...]
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At least 48 people have been killed in clashes between two rival groups in Kenya on Wednesday. The attack was among the worst incidents of violence in the country since post-election unrest in late 2007. “It is a very bad incident …. [The dead] include 31 women, 11 children and six men,” said Joseph Kitur, [...]
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Four people have died after a tourist plane with 14 people on board crashed in Kenya’s Maasai Mara park. Police say two pilots and two German tourists were killed when the Mombasa Air Safari flight went down in Ngrende. The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority had previously reported three people dead. But Narok district police chief [...]
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Many families of miners caught up in violence at a platinum mine in South Africa are unaware of their fate, two days after 34 people were killed when police opened fire at striking workers. (BBC)Angry relatives say the authorities have not produced a list of the dead. At least 78 people were also injured and [...]
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(CNN) — The president of the West African nation of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has died, the president’s chief of staff said in a statement Tuesday. He died at a military hospital Tuesday afternoon a few hours after becoming ill, according to the statement, signed by John Henry Martey Newman. The vice president will [...]
Continue reading …Protesters Attack Hillary Clinton’s Motorcade With Shoes And Tomatoes In Egypt
July 16, 2012 351 CommentsProtesters Attack Hillary Clinton’s Motorcade With Shoes And Tomatoes In Egypt (Reuters) Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle [...]
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