Islamist reinforcements enter Somali capital
Mogadishu - Hundreds of heavily armed Islamist insurgents are pouring into the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said Wednesday, amid reports the government is ready to launch a major offensive. Insurgent group al-Shabaab, which recently announced ...
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Sudanese president says relations with Chad improving
Nairobi/Khartoum - Sudan's president said a two-day visit by his Chadian counterpart has put the neighbours, at loggerheads over alleged support for rebel groups, on course for normalized relations. Chad said Sudan backs Chadian rebels who have been ...
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Report: Top al-Qaeda man killed in Somalia
Nairobi/Mogadishu - A Somali minister on Tuesday claimed that government forces had killed a senior al-Qaeda fighter who was also a member of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab. State-run Radio Mogadishu earlier reported that Amar Ibrahim, a Jordanian...
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Nigeria empowers vice president to run country
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria's Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday both passed motions empowering Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to act as president in the absence of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua. Yar'Adua, 58, has been in a Saudi hospital si...
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UN: 160 women raped per week in Congo provinces
Nairobi/Goma - An estimated 160 women are being raped each week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's unstable North and South Kivu provinces, the United Nations said Tuesday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in rep...
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