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South Africa wildcat strikes spread to more mines

YoopyaOct 3, 20120

By Ed Stoddard and Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A series of wildcat miners’ strikes in South Africa spread to a new sector, iron ore,

Darfur peacekeepers killed in ambush

kiemtarOct 3, 20120

At least four Nigerian peacekeepers in Sudan’s western Darfur region have been killed in an ambush, the UN-African Union Mission (UNAMID) says. The attack, which

Amnesty report cases of civilian abuse in south sudan

kiemtarOct 3, 20120

The Internayional Amnesty says, the Souths sudan’s security forces have carried out act of violence against civilains,including killing and raping. This act is reported to have

Nigeria’s Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested

YoopyaOct 2, 20120

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – The purported leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect in Nigeria, has denied government statements the group is involved in peace talks

Kenya port to benefit as rebels quit Somalia’s Kismayu: minister

YoopyaOct 2, 20120

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s main port of Mombasa, East Africa’s chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has

Somali troops roll into once rebel bastion of Kismayu

YoopyaOct 2, 2012April 11, 20230

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hundreds of Somali government troops and allied militia fighters deployed throughout the former al Shabaab rebel stronghold of Kismayu on

Kenyan forces hit Shebab bases around final Somali bastion

kiemtarOct 1, 2012October 1, 20120

Kenyan helicopter gunships struck Shebab bases outside the Somali port of Kismayo to clear the way for a takeover of the town abandoned by the

South Africa shootings: Marikana mine inquiry begins

YoopyaOct 1, 20120

A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal August shootings of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine has opened. The inquiry was set up

Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels pull out of Kismayu bastion

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdrew from their last major bastion of Kismayu overnight, the group and residents said, a day after Kenyan and

Somalia, allies batter al Shabaab, but gains may be fragile

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – “Paradise lies under the shade of swords,” reads the Arabic inscription on an arch leading into the Somali port of Marka, abandoned last