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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:39
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announces his support for President Obama's intention to intervene in the Syrian conflict and justifies military action as necessary to respond to the threat presented by the use and proliferation of chemical weapons.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:50
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a public case for intervention in the Syrian crisis. He explains the reasoning and evidence behind the accusation that the Assad regime used chemical weapons, security interests at stake with respect to chemical weapons, and the context of Syria in the larger goal of Middle East stability.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:01
Meetings expected to focus on post-secession issues, which remain unresolved despite several high-level summits.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:03
At least 24 people killed in Borno state during botched attempt to arrest members of armed rebel group, officials say.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:04
DR Congo's government troops take strategic hills overlooking eastern town of Goma as rebel fighters withdraw.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:04
About 20,000 struggle with no official status two years after independence from Sudan.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:05
Some 24 members of the youth vigilance group that has been assisting the military Joint Task Force (JTF) to hunt down members of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed in an ambush by sect members in the northern state of Borno on Friday night, the local media reported Sunday.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:08
Uganda has called an emergency meeting of the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:09
In Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, the birthplace of Boko Haram, hundreds of young men have formed units of a civilian vigilante group that now is actively working to hunt down militants alongside the military. In doing so, the vigilantes have themselves become targets.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:10
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has survived an apparent assassination attempt claimed by militant group al-Shabab.