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Nigeria: 20 Killed As JTF Pursues Boko Haram
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Maiduguri — The Joint Task Force in Borno State said it killed eight Boko Haram fighters in a shootout at the Baga Fish Market in Maiduguri yesterday. But witnesses said many more people, most...
Zimbabwe teenager to be caned over Facebook slur
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday. The Herald...
African leaders meet in Benin for security talks
Sat, 18 Feb 2012
African leaders gathered Saturday for talks on insecurity in the Sahel region where fresh violence in northern Mali has sparked what rights groups say is the area's worst human rights crisis in...
Sect gunmen free 119 in Nigeria prison, kill guard
Fri, 17 Feb 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria — Armed gunmen from a radical Islamist sect stormed a federal prison in Nigeria amid heavy gunfire and explosions, killing one guard and freeing 119 inmates in an assault marking...
Car bomb explodes inside Somalia police compound
Fri, 17 Feb 2012
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A police officer says that a car bomb detonated inside a police compound in Somalia's capital. Policeman Dahir Mohammed confirmed the Friday afternoon blast in...
Haiti: UN Peacekeepers Accused of Raping Young Boys
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
GONAIVES, Haiti (defend.ht) - At least two United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan, based in Gonaives, are facing accusations of raping at least three Haitian males of age 12, 14 and 15 according...
Police: Explosion strikes central Nigeria city
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria — Police are reporting an explosion in a central Nigeria city that has seen attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect. The Kaduna State Police spokesman told The Associated...
DR Congo president's aide killed in plane crash: official
Mon, 13 Feb 2012
A close aide to DR Congo President Joseph Kabila was killed and the country's finance minister seriously injured in a plane crash on Sunday in the east of the country, the president's office...
Six killed in Libyan tribal clashes
Mon, 13 Feb 2012
A fierce gunfight between two tribes in Libya's remote southeastern desert has killed six people in the past two days and wounded another 20, officials and tribal sources told AFP on Monday....
11 Somalis die after smugglers' boat capsized
Fri, 10 Feb 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya— The United Nations says that at least 11 people drowned and another 34 are missing after a boat crewed by human traffickers overturned this week in the Gulf of Aden. Friday'...
US to deport Liberian over child soldier allegations
Tue, 07 Feb 2012
A US immigration judge has ordered the deportation of a Liberian accused of presiding over atrocities during the West African country's civil war in the 1990s. George Boley, 62, the former leader...
Explosions hit near military bases in Nigeria
Tue, 07 Feb 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria — Explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said. The...
Trinidad and Tobago:Girl chopped to death, 2 arrested
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
A 17-year-old girl was chopped to death and her boyfriend seriously injured when several men stormed their Valencia home early yesterday morning. The girl has been identified as Shelly-Ann Amanda...
Third day of Egypt clashes as death toll mounts
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in a third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related...