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Nigeria "robbers" accidentally blow up own bus

PORT HARCOURT - A suspected armed robber was killed when explosives his gang was transporting accidentally went off in the centre of Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, police +

Nigeria "robbers" accidentally blow up own bus

PORT HARCOURT - A suspected armed robber was killed when explosives his gang was transporting accidentally went off in the centre of Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, police +

Africa: Competition for the AU Commission Leadership Intensifies

The African Union's (AU) Eight-member Ad hoc Committee of Heads of State and Government (Committee of Eight) met in Cotonou, Benin on 14 May 2012, to discuss the election of the Chairperson, De +

Election candidate murdered in south Libya

A candidate in the upcoming poll for a constituent assembly was murdered in Libya's southern desert on Sunday shortly after submitting his registration, a security official said. "Kha +

Somalia: Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker

Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker carrying close to a million barrels of crude oil in the Arabian Sea, the first successful attack on an oil tanker off the Horn of Africa in mor +