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Muslim rebel clashes spread to second southern Philippine island

YoopyaSep 12, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Fighting between security forces and rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state escalated in a southern Philippine city on Thursday and

Suicide bombs hit Egypt military in Sinai, kill 9

YoopyaSep 11, 2013April 3, 20240

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — In near-simultaneous attacks, a pair of suicide bombers rammed their explosives-laden cars into military targets in Egypt’s volatile Sinai on Wednesday,

Central African leader sacks army chief after 100 killed in clashes

YoopyaSep 11, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – The president of Central African Republic dismissed the head of the armed forces on Tuesday after days of fighting with gunmen loyal to

Information Technology Training in Nigeria

YoopyaSep 10, 2013April 7, 20240

Information technology encompasses the use of the latest technologies to organize, manage and make data easily accessible. The term information technology oftentimes refers to the

Third time lucky for Colm Toibin on Man Booker prize shortlist?

YoopyaSep 10, 2013October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Six tales from gold-rush New Zealand to Zimbabwe to the English countryside and elsewhere on the planet were shortlisted for the 2013 Man

Kenyan deputy president heads to Hague for trial

YoopyaSep 9, 2013April 3, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s deputy president left for The Hague on Monday to face trial on charges that he helped orchestrate the country’s 2007-08

Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 21, 20240

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu’s seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday,

Kenya says Nigeria’s Dangote to build $400 million cement plant

YoopyaSep 7, 2013December 13, 20230

(Reuters) – Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $400 million in a cement plant in Kenya, the east African nation’s president’s office

U.S. resumes aid to Mali after new president takes office

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday lifted aid restrictions to Mali after the West African nation’s democratically elected government formally took office. U.S. assistance

Nigerian army kills 50 Islamists in their stronghold

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers have tracked down and killed 50 members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram in its northeastern stronghold, an army spokesman said