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Nigerian soldiers ‘killed by Boko Haram’ in Potiskum

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

Several Nigerian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants in the north-eastern town of Potiskum, an army source has told the BBC. The town

Instability grips Libya a year after Gaddafi’s fall

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Hadeel Al Shalchi and Marie-Louise Gumuchian BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Insecurity blights Libya, where militias still call the shots a year after they toppled Muammar Gaddafi,

Somali piracy at 3-year low after security thwarts gangs

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Somali pirate attacks fell to their lowest in three years in the first nine months of 2012 as tougher navy

Guinea-Bissau: Portugal behind coup bid in attack on air base

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s interim government accused Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries of being behind an assault on an air force base, saying it was part

Protesters break into grounds of Libya’s parliament

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) – About 500 protesters broke into the grounds of Libya’s parliament building on Sunday to demand an end to violence in

Ghana says sailors on seized Argentine ship free to leave

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

ACCRA (Reuters) – The crew of an Argentine naval training vessel impounded in Ghana by a firm seeking to claw back $300 million in defaulted bonds

Lebanon sees sectarian clashes after Hassan killing

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

Clashes have broken out in several areas of Lebanon following Sunday’s funeral of the senior intelligence official, Wissam al-Hassan. The most serious confrontations were in

Al-Qaida in Afghanistan is attempting a comeback

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan’s mountainous east even as U.S.

Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks ‘lies’ about his health

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

Cuba’s revolutionary former leader Fidel Castro has written a strongly-worded article condemning persistent rumours that he is on his death bed. The 86-year-old attacked international

U.S. intended to keep Benghazi mission open through 2012

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Newly released government documents show U.S. officials intended to keep open a mission in Benghazi, Libya, for at least the rest of this