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U.N. appeals for more troops, helicopters for Mali mission

YoopyaOct 17, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for more troops and helicopters needed so its peacekeeping mission in Mali can effectively stabilize the north

Libyan al-Qaeda suspect denies US embassy bombings

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

A Libyan man seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to two US

Muslim Brotherhood’s cohesion is also its pitfall

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On the day of his induction, Baraa Rantisi was told to wait near a mosque after evening prayers. At

Kenyans Kimetto, Jeptoo win Chicago Marathon

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

CHICAGO (AP) — Just a few years ago, Dennis Kimetto was a farmer, tending corn and cattle in Kenya. Now, he’s shattering marathon records. Six

The technology modernising Kenya’s matatus

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

Matatus – the ramshackle public minibuses seating between 14 and 24 people that zip along the streets of Kenya’s capital Nairobi – carry a third

Nigerian shoppers warm to online retailers

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

Funsho Lawal beams as she strides towards the Jumia delivery van parked outside her house in Surulere, a Lagos neighbourhood. The delight on her face

43 dead, dozens missing after Mali boat sinking

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

KOUBI, Mali (AP) — Mahmoudou Ibrahim combed the waters frantically for his family after they and hundreds of other passengers were catapulted into the Niger

After Kenya mall attack, children’s trauma lingers

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When the shooting began at the Nairobi mall, Cynthia Carpino and her husband hid in the parking lot. But their 1-year-old

Africans say heads of state should not be tried at ICC

YoopyaOct 12, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Africa has agreed that sitting heads of state should not be tried by the International Criminal Court where Kenya’s leaders are in the

Mozambique expels Portuguese coach Miranda over insult

YoopyaOct 12, 2013March 10, 20240

Mozambique’s Labour Minister Helena Taipo has expelled a Portuguese football coach for insulting the country, a former colony of Portugal. Diamantino Miranda, the coach of