Downing Street says there is "strong reason to believe" that a British citizen has been killed by al-Qaeda militants in north-west Africa. Full Story …
Africa: Growing Drug Trade Linked to Terror Groups
Drug trafficking was once thought to be a largely Latin American problem, but the international community increasingly finds itself fighting this phenomenon in Africa. Full Story …
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Islamic militants kill 10 in Algeria attack
Suspected Islamic militants killed eight policemen and two college teachers in an attack on a police convoy in the east Algerian region of Boumerdes, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Full Story …
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Fresh Fighting Breaks Out in Mogadishu
Heavy fighting between the government soldiers and the Islamist forces against the government has broken out in Derkenley district in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle …
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Chechen President Kadyrov expands campaign against suspected rebel families
Over the weekend, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov expanded his campaign against suspected rebel families on local television. He declared that family members of rebels would not be left alone if they …
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Sudan: Civilians Under Siege in Refugee Camps
A report by the United Nations that the Sudanese Air Force bombed northeastern Chad near a refugee camp has sparked strong condemnation from the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) following military and …
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FDLR violence soars in DRC
As the operation mounted by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army, against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) continues, close to a dozen deaths among rebel ranks have …
Nigeria: Assembly Okays Death Sentence for Kidnappers
Delta State House of Assembly has passed a law prescribing death sentence for anyone who kidnaps another person with arms and life imprisonment for whoever commits the crime without arms. Full Story …
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Hezbollah No. 2 wants unity government with Western-backed opponents
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's No. 2 leader, confident of victory in Lebanese weekend elections, said Tuesday the Iranian-backed group would invite its pro-Western opponents to join a national unity …
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Rebels kill one in bus attack in southeast Iran
TEHERAN - Rebels opened fire on a bus and killed one passenger on Tuesday in southeastern Iran, where police said they had arrested dozens of people after unrest there killed more than 30 in the past …
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