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Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:33
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), an umbrella group for Nigeria's oil militants, has threatened to attack a Chevron facility in the oil producing Niger Delta region on this year's independence day, to be observed 1 Oct.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:02
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) have jointly appealed to the UN Security Council to authorise financial and logistical support for the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (AFISM-CAR).
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:05
Some 24 members of the youth vigilance group that has been assisting the military Joint Task Force (JTF) to hunt down members of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed in an ambush by sect members in the northern state of Borno on Friday night, the local media reported Sunday.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:40
The UN Security Council on Thursday reiterated its demand to M23 and all other rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to halt "all forms of violence and lay down their arms", amid renewed fighting in the country's strife-torn eastern region.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:38
A convoy of lorries carrying troops, materiel as well as light tanks arrived on Thursday evening in the locality of Gisenyi on the border with Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after mortar shells were fired the same day into Rwandan territory from the Congolese city, sources told PANA.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:05
The African Union (AU) has welcomed the agreement between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Jubba Interim Administration to establish the modalities of administration and governance in three southern regions of the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 07:36
Some 1,100 Congolese asylum seekers arrived in north west Burundi since 16 August, fleeing fighting between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and rebel groups of Mayi-Mayi and the M23, in South-Kivu, sources close the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office here said.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:01
The UN security council has expressed “grave concern” over recent violence in South Sudan that has affected thousands of civilians, saying the government of Juba should exert more effort to curb it.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:02
As controversy continues to trail the reported killing of Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria's violent Islamic sect Boko Haram, the group has struck again, killing four persons and injuring eight others in a dawn attack in Flatari, northern Borno state, Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 07:56
The Joint Task Force (JTF), under the code name Operation RESTORE ORDER, has appealed to members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to lay down their arms and embrace the Federal Government’s offer for dialogue.