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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 09:23
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses counterterrorism operations in Yemen, Al Nusrah front's activities in Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the political situation in Tunisia, concern about violence in Egypt, and other issues.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 09:40
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses the joint U.S.-EU statement on Egypt and U.S. diplomacy in Egypt, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. aid to Syria, tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border, and other issues.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 18:30
An Israeli drone strike killed five suspected Islamic militants and destroyed a rocket launcher in Egypt's largely lawless Sinai Peninsula on Friday, two senior Egyptian security officials said.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 19:04
The U.S. started sending M1A1 Abrams tanks to Egypt in the late '80s. In all, the U.S. sent more than 1,000 tanks to Egypt since then — valued at some $3.9 billion — which Egypt maintains along with several thousand Soviet-era tanks.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 07:15
Nigeria's interior minister has said the army is making progress in the war against Boko Haram militants, despite the killing of 44 people in a mosque.
Abba Moro dismissed the attack as "desperate" and "isolated".
"The security agencies of Nigeria have been able to push the Boko Haram sect from their major strongholds," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Nigeria has declared an emergency in three states after thousands of deaths in militant attacks in recent years.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 07:36
Thousands of Christians in Cameroon no longer have places to worship as the government continues to crack down on illegal churches for what it says are activities that have nothing to do with preaching the word of God. But pastors of these churches said they are being targeted because they criticize the government of President Paul Biya, who has been in power for more than 30 years.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 07:39
A U.S. citizen and a foreign national were charged in federal court in Miami on Tuesday with providing financing and recruits to al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist organizations fighting in Syria and other places.
Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, a 30-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen born in India, and Mohamed Hussein Said, a 25-year-old Kenyan, were arraigned on a 15-count indictment charging them with links to three U.S.-designated terrorist organizations that have operated in Iraq, Syria and Somalia.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 07:45
The United Nations in Congo arrested more than 40 rebels in recent days and recovered scores of firearms, in a crackdown aimed at enforcing a security zone around the flashpoint city of Goma, officials said Monday.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 07:56
More than 100,000 children in the Central African Republic are facing sexual abuse and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children has warned.
The children have been forced to flee their homes following the overthrow of the government by a rebel alliance in March this year, the charity says.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 08:00
Opposition political parties and non-governmental organizations in Zambia are criticizing the government's use of the Public Order Act to bar political rallies in the country, and some are now pushing for a repeal or revision of the colonial-era legislation