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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:46
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on Monday expressed shock and horror at the terrorist attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, that has attracted worldwide condemnation.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:48
In the Abu Zur camp for the displaced, El Geneina locality in West Darfur, a man was killed and two children were injured by a hand grenade.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:50
Mali’s new president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita vowed Sunday to go to all lengths to better equip the national army, in a bid to prevent a repeat of the 2012 mutiny over the lack of resources to fight rebels in the north.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:49
DEPUTY President William Ruto's ICC trial was adjourned for one week over the Westgate crisis yesterday but not before heated arguments on whether one week is enough.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:55
THE ICC has dismissed a demand by the African Union that it exempts President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto from continual presence in the Hague during their trials for crimes against humanity.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:58
The French military intervention and a successful election have given Mali a chance to reboot its democracy. But it's going to be an uphill climb.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:59
The deadly terror attack at Nairobi's Westgate Mall has taken dozens of lives and brought one of Africa's most-prosperous cities to its knees. It has also highlighted a disturbing new reality: the Islamist extremism that has long ravaged the Middle East has taken root in Africa as well, causing chaos and bloodshed across a broad swath of the continent.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:03
Claiming to have “ashamed and defeated our attackers,” President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Tuesday declared victory over the Islamists militants who stormed into a crowded Nairobi shopping mall and killed dozens of civilians.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:06
France's foreign minister said on Monday there was an urgent need to tackle the crisis in the Central African Republic and called for strengthening an African peacekeeping force.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:13
One of the Islamist militants who stormed an upscale shopping mall here on Saturday wore a white turban, witnesses said, while others wore black head scarves. Most were in civilian clothes, but a few donned camouflage fatigues. Some carried sophisticated machine guns, and others wielded the AK-47 rifles widely used by African insurgents. Most of the extremists who seized the mall were young and barked orders in English.