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Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:17
Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria's militant Islamic sect Boko Haram, has denied reports that he may have died from injuries he suffered in an encounter with the military, saying he is alive and claiming responsibility for the recent spate of attacks that left many dead in northern Nigeria.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:19
Hague judges confirm 50 year jail sentence of ex-Liberian president for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:21
The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fighting the al- Shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:22
Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon vowed Tuesday (September 24th) that his government would "finish" the al-Shabaab militants who claimed responsibility for the deadly four-day siege at Nairobi's Westgate mall, AFP reported.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:24
The international community must redouble its efforts to defeat al-Shabaab in light of the terrorist attack at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall at the weekend, United Nations Special Representative to Somalia Nicholas Kay said at a press briefing in Geneva Tuesday (September 24th).
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:34
The International Criminal Court (ICC) denied a request to postpone Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial for crimes against humanity due to start November 12th, AFP reported Tuesday (September 24th).
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:40
With 18 countries, including the United States, signing onto a new treaty regulating international trade in conventional arms today on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly high-level debate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the total number of signatories now exceeded half of all United Nations Member States.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:43
Viewing the deadly siege at a shopping mall in Kenya as a direct threat to its security, the United States is deploying dozens of F.B.I. agents to investigate the wreckage, hoping to glean every piece of information possible to help prevent such a devastating attack from happening again, possibly even on American soil.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:54
Even as President Uhuru Kenyatta was giving his televised address on Tuesday, telling the world that the siege of Nairobi’s Westgate mall was over, Kenya’s "netizens" were celebrating.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:58
Kenyan forces were still moving through the mall on Wednesday looking for bodies that may have become trapped in a floor collapse caused by a fire. The Somali militant group, meanwhile, claimed 137 hostages were buried in the rubble.