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24 killed in intense Libya clashes, coup feared

Sat May 17, 2014 09:36:21

Heavy clashes in Libya between two militia forces and army troops loyal to a rogue general in Libya have killed at least 24 people and injured scores of others, leading Libyan authorities to call the move a coup attempt and shut down Benghazi’s airport.

Egyptians abroad start voting in presidential election

Thu May 15, 2014 11:29:55

Voting in Egypt's imminent presidential elections will kick off for Egyptians living abroad on Thursday 15 May and continue until 18 May.

Stolen Nigerian girls appear in video for the 1st time

Mon May 12, 2014 18:52:00

Boko Haram militants have released a video claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, offering a prisoner swap deal to release the girls.

Documents reveal CIA rendition network in Djibouti

Sun May 11, 2014 09:39:39

New evidence culled from a court case involving CIA contractors has revealed flight paths through Djibouti that appear to indicate the country’s role as a hub of the CIA’s rendition network in Africa, according to documents released by the UK-based human rights group Reprieve and New York University’s Global Justice Clinic.

Clinton slammed for not labeling Boko Haram as terrorist

Sat May 10, 2014 17:14:09

Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has come under fire for refusing demands to list Nigeria-based Boko Haram as a terrorist group.

UNSC vows action over Nigeria's female abduction

Sat May 10, 2014 12:19:25

The UN Security Council has expressed outrage at the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school girls in two attacks by extremist militants, demanding their immediate release and threatening to take action.

US, China join search for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

Thu May 8, 2014 09:40:48

World powers, including the United States and China, have joined in the search for the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants who have also killed hundreds in the country's northeast this week.

Boko Haram leader vows to sell abducted schoolgirls

Mon May 5, 2014 19:17:52

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has vowed to sell hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in northern Nigeria last month.

Stolen school girls sold for mass marriages in Nigeria

Thu May 1, 2014 16:45:37

Hundreds of school girls who were kidnapped by militant groups in Nigeria, have reportedly been sold as wives for mass marriages.

Extremists now control secretive US base in Libya

Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:06:08

A key extremist leader and longtime member of Al-Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by US special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down extremist militants, according to local media reports, extremists web forums, and US officials.

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