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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:13
The pirates tried to open fire on the naval officials.
The Commander, NNS Jubilee, Akwa Ibom, Commodore Isaac Ogbole, on Tuesday said the joint patrol teams of Nigerian Navy – NNS Jubilee and NNS Victory, Calabar- killed six pirates and injured one .
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:26
A probe into policing in the troubled new nation of South Sudan has uncovered 11,000 fake names on the payroll.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:30
South Africa’s Black Hawk Down moment was on March 24 when an undermanned and under-armed force of some 200 SANDF paratroops was overrun by Seleka rebels on the outskirts of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), losing 15 men.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:36
Humanitarian aid has encountered a setback in the African Sahel, one of the world's most vulnerable regions and a hub for militants linked to al-Qaeda. The Sahel, a belt of semi-arid land just south of the Sahara Desert, spans across several countries including Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso. The region is plagued by poverty and instability. A hunger crisis that hit the Sahel in late 2011 has ameliorated somewhat, but food insecurity still affected 18.7 million people there last year and continues to pose a chronic threat.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:37
IN THE past 18 months, Mali, an arid, landlocked nation of 16 million people in the heart of West Africa, has seen more than its fair share of troubles and traumas.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:50
The head of the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that Syria could be on the “verge of the abyss” as aid workers brace for a likely increase in the nearly 2 million refugees who have already fled the country’s civil war.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:56
In every corner of the Egyptian capital, a bustling city of 18 million that rarely sleeps, people are locked up in their homes at night under a military-imposed curfew that has driven people up the walls, sometimes literally.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:37
Several elderly opposition and human rights activists have been convicted in Uzbekistan recently.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:38
The Azerbaijani opposition's first choice as presidential candidate says he will sue the country's Central Election Commission for refusing to register him to run for office.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:40
It's safe to assume that Russia is pushing for the return of its troops to the border, as it has been doing pretty consistently for the past several years.