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Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:00
"We are realists and we understand that integration into NATO and the European Union is a gradual process. We implement the obligations," the Prime Minister said.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:02
Command-staff exercises are being held with the participation of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish servicemen, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:03
Georgia's primary task and priority is its accession to NATO and European integration, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili said.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:04
Ali Hassan Gitonga, 33, a recent convert to Islam from the Meru community in Kenya’s Eastern Province, is said to have travelled to Somalia for training with Al-Shabaab in 2011. He is under arrest for alleged involvement in the Sep. 21 Westgate Mall terror attack in Nairobi.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:06
Public reaction to the Special Court for Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber decision unanimously upholding the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and affirming the 50- year sentence imposed by the court’s Trial Chamber has been mixed in Monrovia.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:08
An international war crimes court in The Hague has upheld the 50-year prison term handed down to the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, for aiding rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:12
Tuareg separatists in Mali have said they are suspending talks with the government. The three organizations representing the Tuaregs accused Bamako of failing to respect commitments agreed in a June peace treaty.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:14
Noman Benotman, President of the anti-radicalisation Quilliam Foundation, has told African Arguments that Al Shabaab’s Westgate attack has put it “to the top of the premier league” of global jihadists. Benotman, formerly a commander in the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, compared the Westgate events with those of the In Amenas Algerian hostage incident in January 2013: “It is almost exactly the same source of tactics as the In Amenas attack, the same planning – from a professional perspective.”
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:22
What does the appalling attack on people at the Westgate Shopping Centre signify? Does it mean that Al Shabaab is getting stronger or weaker? Was it a show of strength, striking at a multinational target in the heart of Nairobi, or a desperate if spectacular attack on civilians at an easy, poorly-protected target? Is this the new Shabaab or was it an Al Qaeda operation using the Shabaab brand name?
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:25
Three members of a suspected poaching syndicate have been sentenced to at least 15 years behind bars, following the poisoning and killing of 81 elephants in the Hwange National Park.