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Boko Haram kills four in Nigeria church attack: police

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram killed four people in an attack on a Sunday church service in the northeast town of

Kiir, back from China, says Heglig belongs to S.Sudan

YoopyaApr 28, 20120

By Yara Bayoumy JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, back from an official visit to China, said on Friday that his armed forces

South Sudan says Sudan-backed militia attacks oil state

YoopyaApr 28, 20120

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan, embroiled in border fighting with its northern neighbour Sudan for the past month, said on Friday that Sudanese-backed rebel militia

UN recommends cut in Darfur peacekeeping force

YoopyaApr 27, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. review of peacekeepers in Sudan’s western Darfur region recommends a cut of more than 3,200 troops

W.Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau

YoopyaApr 27, 20120

By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it would send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to help

Hague court convicts Taylor of crimes in Sierra Leone

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

(Reuters) – A United Nations-backed court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes on Thursday, the first time an African head of state

Mali gets post-coup government, facing crisis in north

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s interim leaders named the country’s first post-coup government on Wednesday, faced with the challenge of restoring political stability and tackling a

W.Africa bloc to send troops to coup-hit Bissau

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Richard Valdmanis DAKAR (Reuters) – West African regional bloc ECOWAS plans to send more than 600 troops to Guinea-Bissau in coming days to protect

UN Council to consider next steps on Sudan, S.Sudan

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council demanded on Tuesday that Sudan immediately stop airstrikes on South Sudan and will consider

Egypt confirms Mubarak’s PM out of presidency race

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – The body overseeing Egypt’s presidential election disqualified former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq as a candidate on Tuesday after the ruling military council