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Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:56
The Nigerian Army has said it killed 150 members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect and lost 16 soldiers, including one officer, in a battle against the sect in the northern state of Borno last week.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 08:50
At least 40 Nigerian soldiers were killed and 65 others are missing after they ran into an ambush by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State 13 September, the Nigerian online Premium Times newspaper reported in an exclusive report on Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:11
Nigeria's main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday urged the federal government to move fast to curtail the activities of en ethnic cult/militia group which has been spreading terror in northern Nasarawa state.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 08:10
Sudan has made it clear it will not tolerate any US involvement in its dispute with South Sudan over Abyei, an oil rich triangle the two countries are contesting.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:34
The South Sudan army must be held accountable for the atrocities perpetrated against civilians in Jonglei State, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 10:26
Ethiopia Friday strongly condemned the terror attack on Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’, leader of the Interim Jubba Administration in Southern Somalia, and his motorcade by Al Shabaab rebels.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 08:18
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, has congratulated the president, government and people of Somalia on the first anniversary of the country's Federal Government.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 08:17
Government officials, non-state actors, including regional, international and civil society organizations rose from their meeting in Accra, Ghana, calling for the establishment in Africa of functional national infrastructures for peace with institutional and financial autonomy through the creation of National Peace Funds as one of its components.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:20
Some 13 members of the youth vigilance group assisting the Nigerian military to hunt members of the Islamic sect in the northern part of the country, and five Boko Haram members, were killed in a clash in Benisheik Town, 72km west of Maiduguri, in a clash on Sunday.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 08:22
Sudan’s decision to indefinitely suspend the shutdown of the transportation and processing of oil from South Sudan is encouraging, according to African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.