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Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 10:39
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses chemical weapons and aid in Syria, a Jordanian query on Syrian airspace, the Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process with the Taliban, the Middle East Peace Process, the Iranian election, the Russian adoption ban, violence in Lebanon, and protests in Brazil.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 10:49
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses Secretary Kerry’s call with Afghanistan President Karzai and meetings with Middle Eastern officials, coordination with Jordanians on Syria, meetings with South Korea and Japan, Venezuelan leadership in DC, human rights in Honduras, and dialogue with India and Pakistan.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 10:56
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses the opening of a Taliban office in Doha, Secretary Kerry’s calls with Afghan president Karzai, Secretary Kerry’s meetings with Congress on Syria, claims of Hamas contact with the U.S., Kerry’s planned meetings in India and nuclear negotiations with Russia.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 11:05
Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell addresses demonstrations in Brazil, supporting the Syrian opposition, Iraqi militants fighting in Syria, the resignation of the prime minister of Palestine, Taliban and Afghan officials meeting in Doha, Syrians fleeing to Lebanon, and the location of Edward Snowden.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:01
Hundreds of workers angry over mass layoff plans are on strike and staging daily protests outside Camp Lemonnier, the strategically placed U.S. military base in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, officials said Wednesday.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:21
As the military's assault against Boko Haram and civilians in northern Nigeria continues, so too does the ongoing and underreported conflict in the villages around Jos, the capital of Plateau state in Nigeria's Middle Belt. As in other parts of the Sahel stretching from Khartoum to Dakar, rivalries between ethnic groups, settlers and indigenes, herders and farmers, and religious groups overlap to create a kaleidoscope of insider and outsider identities. Resulting conflicts, in turn, create openings for international jihadist Islam, as in other parts of the Sahel. In the Middle Belt thus far, conflicts still remain largely local, but there is potential that they could acquire a cross-border dimension.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:27
On a dirt road in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna this morning, 13-year-old Joseph John walked home to collect money from his father for school fees. He was frustrated by missing his class. But after three attacks on schools in less than a month – including a gruesome massacre of children July 6 – he said school is more frightening than it used to be.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:33
The United States issued a rare criticism of South Sudan on Wednesday, saying the African state was failing to protect civilians in the east where the army is fighting an insurgency.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:37
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has denied the international observation mission, the Carter Center, accreditation to observe elections at the end of this month, although over 50 foreign observer missions have been invited to monitor the polls. Some of these include known ZANU PF allies who endorsed the flawed run-off election in 2008.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 06:01
A Ugandan rebel group in eastern Congo attacked a town close to the border, forcing more than 18,000 Congolese to flee to Uganda, officials said Friday.
Uganda's army spokesman, Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, said that Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces attacked the eastern Congolese town of Kamango on Thursday, killing some people and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.