MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - An explosion near a church killed four children in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno on Thursday, a region which has been beset by attacks…
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North Sudan vows to fight on in border oil state
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - North Sudan's army vowed on Thursday to continue fighting against southern-aligned groups in the oil-producing border state of Southern Kordofan to end what it calls…
Uganda must probe protest killings: rights groups
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's president should order an independent investigation into the killing of nine unarmed civilians by security forces during protests against inflation, more than 100 rights…
Liberia says seized arms from Ivory Coast
MONROVIA (Reuters) - The Liberian government said on Thursday it had seized a cache of arms and ammunitions including assault rifles and rocket launchers in a town near…
China to expand ties with Sudan during Bashir trip
BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that it would welcome Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir for an official visit in late June, praising ties with one…
U.N. rights chief concerned about new Ivory Coast army
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern on Wednesday over acts of violence allegedly carried out by members of Ivory Coast's new army, including…
A szudáni elnök bilincsmentes nemzetközi kapcsolatai
Kína, Peking – A kínai külügyminisztérium szóvivője bejelentette, hogy Omar al-Bashir Pekingbe utazik hivatalos látogatásra. A szudáni elnököt a Nemzetközi Törvényszék háborús bűnökkel vádolja és elfogató parancsot is kiadott ellene.
Nigeria’s pastors ‘as rich as oil barons’
Nigeria's pastors run multi-million dollar businesses which rival that of oil tycoons, a Nigerian blogger who has researched the issue has told the BBC.
Algeria cracks down on ‘prostitutes’ at resort
ALGIERS (AFP) – Algerian security forces arrested 46 women suspected of prostitution in the popular seaside resort of Tichi and had them charged with "incitement to debauchery," the…
Al-Qaida bomber Fazul Abdullah Mohammed killed
Terrorist was behind the 1998 attacks on two embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people